SB 1504
Plain-language analysis
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The enrolled measure legally authorizes schools to permit students with asthma or severe allergies to self-administer premeasured epinephrine via auto-injectors, intranasal devices, or other rule-identified methods across all school-controlled environments. It expands civil and criminal immunity for school staff and districts who administer this medication in good faith during emergencies, even without a valid prescription, while mandating updated training curricula and formal policy adoption requirements.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Enrolled; Staff Measure Summary; Staff Measure Summary
Official staff analysis states the measure updates Oregon statutes to authorize administration of premeasured epinephrine via non-injection delivery methods, aligns civil and criminal liability protections for good-faith administration, and revises educational training requirements to reflect current FDA-approved treatments and delivery mechanisms.
Basis: Official analysis · Sources: Staff Measure Summary; Staff Measure Summary
Inferred from cited text; not a stated purpose.
Lawmakers likely aimed to eliminate response delays and access barriers for students with needle phobia or those lacking immediate prescriptions by explicitly permitting non-injection delivery and removing prescription prerequisites for emergency bystander administration, thereby reducing anaphylaxis-related fatalities in school settings.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Enrolled
Gain statutory access to broader medication delivery options, guaranteed backup medication availability, and streamlined processes for classroom storage when medically verified as life-threatening.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Enrolled
Must adopt formal policies permitting self-administration across all school-controlled environments, complete updated training on non-injection epinephrine administration, and receive expanded civil/criminal immunity for good-faith emergency interventions.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Enrolled
Bear responsibility for securing prescriptions, providing written treatment plans, supplying backup medication, and submitting medical verification documentation to request classroom storage.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Enrolled
Must update training curricula to include non-injection epinephrine administration techniques, symptom recognition for systemic allergic responses, and proper follow-up care per statutory minimums.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Enrolled
Schools must formally adopt and enforce policies allowing self-administration in classrooms, transit, before/after care, and school-sponsored activities. Staff training programs must be updated to cover intranasal and auto-injector methods alongside traditional injections. Districts will incur operational costs for medication procurement, secure storage infrastructure, and staff certification, though state fiscal impact is minimal.
Basis: Inferred · Sources: Enrolled; Fiscal Impact Statement INTRO
Student with severe food allergies and needle phobia
Experiences anaphylaxis during transit to a field trip. Staff immediately administer a nasal epinephrine dose without waiting for a nurse or prescription, preventing fatal respiratory failure under expanded immunity protections.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Enrolled
Student with undiagnosed cardiovascular condition
Staff misclassify a mild allergic reaction as severe due to inadequate training or protocol deviation, administer epinephrine unnecessarily, and trigger adverse cardiovascular effects. Civil litigation tests the gross negligence carve-out of the immunity statute, creating precedent for liability boundaries.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Enrolled
The statute legally permits emergency intervention without prescription requirements and flexible storage, but relies on district enforcement of training standards and medical verification. Inadequate oversight could transform emergency flexibility into routine medication management, increasing health risks and legal exposure when immunity is misapplied.
Sources · Enrolled
Expanding emergency access and legal protection for school personnel reduces response delays and litigation risk but shifts greater operational responsibility onto districts to manage medication logistics, ensure rigorous training, and navigate the boundary between good-faith care and gross negligence.
Faster emergency response times by removing prescription prerequisites and accommodating needle-averse students.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Enrolled
Clearer liability protections encourage staff intervention without fear of civil or criminal prosecution for good-faith actions.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Enrolled
Districts bear ongoing operational costs for medication, secure storage, and mandatory staff training.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Enrolled
Broad immunity and prescription exemptions increase reliance on staff judgment, raising the risk of misdiagnosis or protocol deviation if training standards are inconsistently applied.
Basis: Inferred · Source: Enrolled
The enrolled version contains no substantive textual changes compared to the introduced version. The statutory language, section numbering, definitions, liability provisions, and training requirements remain identical. Minor differences are limited to formatting, page breaks, and updated sponsor attribution reflecting committee passage.
No substantive change identified.
Tradeoff: No material changes to the legislative tradeoff or operational impact between versions.
high confidence. Analysis is grounded exclusively in the enrolled bill text and official legislative revenue/fiscal/staff summaries. No external speculation or unverified claims are included.
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Introduced bill text posted
Posted Jan 28, 2026, 3:25 PM PST
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Chief sponsors: President Rob Wagner, Senator Suzanne Weber
Regular sponsors: Senator Lew Frederick, Representative Jules Walters, Representative Daniel Nguyen, Senator James Manning Jr., Senator Fred Girod, Representative Travis Nelson, Representative Bobby Levy
Senate carrier
President Rob Wagner
Third Reading Of Senate Measures
House carrier
Representative Daniel Nguyen
Third Reading Of Senate Bills
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74% confidence · deterministic fallback
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Effective date, January 1, 2027.
Chapter 21, 2026 Laws.
Governor signed.
Speaker signed.
President signed.
Third reading. Carried by Nguyen D. Passed.
Ayes, 56; Excused, 3--Boshart Davis, Hartman, Valderrama; Excused for Business of the House, 1--Lewis.
Second reading.
Recommendation: Do pass.
Work Session held.
Public Hearing held.
Referred to Health Care.
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
Third reading. Carried by President Wagner. Passed.
Ayes, 30.
Second reading.
Recommendation: Do pass.
Public Hearing and Work Session held.
IS_Impact SB 1504 INTRO
Revenue Impact Statement
Referred to Health Care.
Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
“Digest: Allows for the use of epinephrine in schools by means other than shots. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.5). Allows for the provision of epinephrine in schools by methods other than injections. Broadens the training requirements related to the administration of epinephrine.”
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