The Oregon House voted to not concur in the Senate amendments to House Bill 3127 and directed that a conference committee be appointed to reconcile the two chambers’ differences, principally over the bill’s effective date.

A member moved that the House not concur in the Senate amendments and that a conference committee be appointed. The motion was to oppose a Senate amendment that changed the bill’s effective date to July 1, 2027; sponsors argued the later date would delay improved death‑reporting and harm families who need timely death certificates.

On the House floor a sponsor urged members to reject the Senate’s two‑year delay, saying providers should adopt the Oregon Health Authority’s electronic reporting system as soon as feasible. The sponsor said delaying implementation to July 1, 2027 would "result in further delays that this bill was trying to prevent in the first place." Representative Owens, speaking to the motion, said he and colleagues recommended a vote not to concur and to appoint a conference committee to seek a more reasonable timeline with the Senate.

After debate the presiding officer announced, "The motion is adopted. A conference committee will be appointed." That action formally directs appointed members to negotiate a single version of the bill between the House and Senate.

House Bill 3127 would require use of a state electronic reporting system for notifying the Center for Health Statistics of a death instead of paper or fax reporting. Sponsors framed the change as a modernization aimed at providing quicker and more accurate death data; opponents at the floor discussion focused on accommodating providers' implementation concerns and the Senate’s amended later effective date.

The appointment of a conference committee means the two chambers will negotiate the effective date and any related implementation details. No final policy change was adopted on the floor beyond the instruction to the conference committee to reconcile differences.