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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to public charter school sponsorship."
+description: "Allows an applicant for a public charter school that is a federally recognized Indian tribe in this state to directly apply to the State Board of Education for sponsorship."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
+legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
+session: "2025R1"
+identifier: "HB 3953"
+citation: "Oregon HB 3953 (2025R1)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Tawna Sanchez"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-03-31T18:25:02+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-07-25T17:45:38+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d0caad6-0909-48c7-b28d-628a8244fc1a"
+source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3953"
+source_hash: "7de23534c85187e1e2623e3244d4b76bedddfe23d6e312e97be0d21e0c7ff7c9"
+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 3953 (2025R1) — Relating to public charter school sponsorship.
+
+Allows an applicant for a public charter school that is a federally recognized Indian tribe in this state to directly apply to the State Board of Education for sponsorship.
+
+## 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/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3953/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
+2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3953/Introduced)
+3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3953/A-Engrossed)
+4. **HRULES Amendment -3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/29232)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3953/Enrolled)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third reading. Carried by Broadman. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper
+- Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. — **50–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Tawna Sanchez — primary (person)
+- Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
+- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Mike McLane — cosponsor (person)
+- Ricki Ruiz — cosponsor (person)
+- Zach Hudson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-31T18:25:02+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-08T01:52:25+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-21T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
+- **2025-05-21T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2025-05-27T17:37:20+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-28T20:23:29+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-29T19:29:19+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-05-29T21:23:10+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-30T00:07:47+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-10T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
+- **2025-06-11T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2025-06-16T16:33:30+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-16T21:50:24+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2025-06-17T21:49:35+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Broadman. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-06-19T19:52:57+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2025-06-20T18:36:02+00:00** President signed. `passage`
+- **2025-06-26T18:59:45+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-07-25T17:45:38+00:00** Chapter 452, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d0caad6-0909-48c7-b28d-628a8244fc1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).
+