OR HB 4066
enactedRelating to education; and declaring an emergency.
Oregon · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did OR HB 4066 pass?
Yes. OR HB 4066 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-04-06): Chapter 42, (2026 Laws): Effective date March 31, 2026.
What is OR HB 4066 about?
</b> </i>] Prohibits the student member of the Oregon Health and Science University Board of Directors from participating in any discussions or action by the board or attending any executive session of the board involving collective bargaining issues that affect students. Requires the board to meet at least four times per year. Allows directors of education service district boards to receive stipends. Specifies when adjustments for inflation can be made for stipends of school districts. Changes the definition for the term "active duty" in the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. Clarifies that the rulemaking authority for the Department of Education is by the State Board of Education. <b>Allows a school district to not include a member of the educational equity advisory committee on the budget committee if no member of the educational equity advisory committee is willing or able to serve on the budget committee. Directs Portland State University instead of the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to report to the Legislative Assembly on a study examining the labor standards and working experiences of farmworkers in this state and evaluating the adequacy and availability of existing workplace protections for farmworkers. Allows education service districts to be temporarily exempt from certain requirements applicable to lamps in buildings used to provide educational services to students. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.</b>
Description
</b> </i>] Prohibits the student member of the Oregon Health and Science University Board of Directors from participating in any discussions or action by the board or attending any executive session of the board involving collective bargaining issues that affect students. Requires the board to meet at least four times per year. Allows directors of education service district boards to receive stipends. Specifies when adjustments for inflation can be made for stipends of school districts. Changes the definition for the term "active duty" in the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. Clarifies that the rulemaking authority for the Department of Education is by the State Board of Education. <b>Allows a school district to not include a member of the educational equity advisory committee on the budget committee if no member of the educational equity advisory committee is willing or able to serve on the budget committee. Directs Portland State University instead of the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to report to the Legislative Assembly on a study examining the labor standards and working experiences of farmworkers in this state and evaluating the adequacy and availability of existing workplace protections for farmworkers. Allows education service districts to be temporarily exempt from certain requirements applicable to lamps in buildings used to provide educational services to students. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.</b>
- Introduced
- 2026-02-02
- Latest action
- 2026-04-06 — Chapter 42, (2026 Laws): Effective date March 31, 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
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Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-04-06
Chapter 42, (2026 Laws): Effective date March 31, 2026.
2026-03-31
Governor signed.
executive-signature
2026-03-05
President signed.
passage
2026-03-04
Speaker signed.
passage
2026-03-02
Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed.
passage,reading-3
2026-02-27
Second reading.
reading-2
2026-02-27
Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-26
Work Session held.
2026-02-17
Public Hearing held.
2026-02-12
Referred to Education.
referral-committee
2026-02-12
First reading. Referred to President's desk.
introduction,reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-11
Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Hudson. Passed.
passage,reading-3
2026-02-11
Second reading.
reading-2
2026-02-10
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-09
Work Session held.
2026-02-04
Public Hearing held.
2026-02-02
Referred to Education.
referral-committee
2026-02-02
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
introduction,reading-1,referral-committee
Versions
Documents
Votes
Heard and Reported Out with Amendments
2026-02-09 · pass · 7-1
Member-level votes (8)
- April Dobson: yes
- Lisa Fragala: yes
- Darin Harbick: no
- Zach Hudson: yes
- Sarah McDonald: yes
- Emily McIntire: yes
- Sue Rieke Smith: yes
- Boomer Wright: yes
Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Hudson. Passed.
2026-02-11 · pass · 40-13
Member-level votes (60)
- Shannon Isadore: yes
- Kim Wallan: yes
- Nancy Nathanson: yes
- Zach Hudson: yes
- Travis Nelson: yes
- Lesly Muñoz: yes
- Matt Bunch: no
- Thuy Tran: yes
- Farrah Chaichi: yes
- Kevin Mannix: yes
- Ed Diehl: yes
- Ben Bowman: yes
- Tawna Sanchez: yes
- Dacia Grayber: yes
- Nathan Sosa: yes
- Dwayne Yunker: no
- Emerson Levy: yes
- Jeffrey Helfrich: no
- Mark Gamba: yes
- Court Boice: no
- Annessa Hartman: absent
- Cyrus Javadi: yes
- E. Werner Reschke: no
- Alek Skarlatos: no
- Mari Watanabe: yes
- Gregory Smith: yes
- Julie Fahey: yes
- Mark Owens: absent
- Jason Kropf: yes
- Willy Chotzen: yes
- Darin Harbick: no
- Sarah McDonald: yes
- Susan McLain: yes
- Boomer Wright: yes
- Ricki Ruiz: absent
- Darcey Edwards: no
- April Dobson: yes
- Emily McIntire: yes
- Jules Walters: yes
- Virgle Osborne: no
- John Lively: yes
- Pam Marsh: absent
- Bobby Levy: yes
- Anna Scharf: absent
- Lisa Fragala: yes
- Lamar Wise: yes
- Andrea Valderrama: absent
- Jami Cate: no
- Tom Andersen: yes
- Paul Evans: yes
- Sue Rieke Smith: yes
- David Gomberg: yes
- Vikki Breese-Iverson: yes
- Rob Nosse: yes
- Ken Helm: absent
- Rick Lewis: no
- Shelly Boshart Davis: no
- Daniel Nguyen: yes
- Hai Pham: yes
- Lucetta Elmer: no
Heard and Reported Out
2026-02-26 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Lew Frederick: yes
- Courtney Neron Misslin: yes
- Noah Robinson: yes
- Janeen Sollman: yes
- Suzanne Weber: yes
Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed.
2026-03-02 · pass · 28-0
Member-level votes (30)
- Rob Wagner: yes
- Dick Anderson: yes
- Wlnsvey Campos: yes
- Fred Girod: absent
- James Manning Jr.: yes
- Janeen Sollman: yes
- Bruce Starr: yes
- Diane Linthicum: yes
- Suzanne Weber: yes
- Mark Meek: yes
- Kathleen Taylor: yes
- Noah Robinson: yes
- Christine Drazan: absent
- David Brock Smith: yes
- Sara Gelser Blouin: yes
- Deb Patterson: yes
- Mike McLane: yes
- Todd Nash: yes
- Courtney Neron Misslin: yes
- Lew Frederick: yes
- Chris Gorsek: yes
- Floyd Prozanski: yes
- Kim Thatcher: yes
- Kate Lieber: yes
- Kayse Jama: yes
- Anthony Broadman: yes
- Jeff Golden: yes
- Cedric Hayden: yes
- Khanh Pham: yes
- Lisa Reynolds: yes
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