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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to homeless youth; and prescribing an effective date."
+description: "Authorizes Department of Human Services to award two-year grants to organizations that provide services to unaccompanied homeless youth and to organizations that operate host home projects for unaccompanied homeless youth."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
+legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
+session: "2021 Regular Session"
+identifier: "HB 2544"
+citation: "Oregon HB 2544 (2021 Regular Session)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Smith Warner", "Bill Hansell", "Christine Drazan"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b75deb9-a2ec-4336-b25c-f5bf71f4e050"
+source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2544"
+source_hash: "1173b47fb2321e52fc65634fa598afcfc38de4e349298e000b4559182ade3246"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-or"]
+---
+
+# Oregon HB 2544 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to homeless youth; and prescribing an effective date.
+
+Authorizes Department of Human Services to award two-year grants to organizations that provide services to unaccompanied homeless youth and to organizations that operate host home projects for unaccompanied homeless youth.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2544/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
+2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2544/Introduced)
+3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2544/A-Engrossed)
+4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2544/B-Engrossed)
+5. **HHS Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/18669)
+6. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2544/House%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
+7. **JWM Amendment -A3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/21543)
+8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2544/Enrolled)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Drazan, Smith Warner. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · lower
+- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Lieber. Passed. — **24–4** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barbara Smith Warner — primary (person)
+- Bill Hansell — primary (person)
+- Christine Drazan — primary (person)
+- Anna Williams — cosponsor (person)
+- Bobby Levy — cosponsor (person)
+- Boomer Wright — cosponsor (person)
+- Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
+- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
+- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
+- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Duane Stark — cosponsor (person)
+- Greg Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
+- Jason Kropf — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
+- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
+- Karin Power — cosponsor (person)
+- Kate Lieber — cosponsor (person)
+- Khanh Pham — cosponsor (person)
+- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
+- Lily Morgan — cosponsor (person)
+- Lisa Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
+- Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
+- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
+- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
+- Rachel Prusak — cosponsor (person)
+- Rep Leif — cosponsor (person)
+- Rick Lewis — cosponsor (person)
+- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
+- Ron Noble — cosponsor (person)
+- Sara Gelser Blouin — cosponsor (person)
+- Shelly Boshart Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- Sheri Schouten — cosponsor (person)
+- Suzanne Weber — cosponsor (person)
+- Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person)
+- Tim Knopp — cosponsor (person)
+- Wlnsvey Campos — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-20T04:40:25+00:00** Referred to Human Services with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-01T23:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
+- **2021-03-31T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2021-04-06T20:48:25+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-06T20:48:26+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-15T15:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2021-06-13T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee on Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-15T22:23:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Capital Construction. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-18T20:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
+- **2021-06-18T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2021-06-21T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2021-06-23T16:21:33+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-24T17:33:17+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2021-06-25T04:44:11+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Drazan, Smith Warner. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-06-25T16:16:17+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-25T16:56:24+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-26T15:41:44+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-06-26T17:41:37+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2021-06-26T19:10:31+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Lieber. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-06-29T20:32:46+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2021-06-30T21:39:37+00:00** President signed. `passage`
+- **2021-07-19T18:31:45+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 531, (2021 Laws): Effective date September 25, 2021.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b75deb9-a2ec-4336-b25c-f5bf71f4e050`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).
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