---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to high school diplomas for veterans."
description: "Removes certain requirements veterans must meet prior to receiving high school diploma."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2220"
citation: "Oregon HB 2220 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gene Whisnant", "John Lively", "Sal Esquivel"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f907fb77-1a25-4ab5-827f-3976f34b7913"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2220"
source_hash: "f89e005aa422dc3da465bc6be9838ceabfa010871acb58c2ec3a05da669f159d"
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 2220 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to high school diplomas for veterans.

Removes certain requirements veterans must meet prior to receiving high school diploma.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2220/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2220/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2220/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2220/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Whisnant. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **57–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Gene Whisnant — primary (person)
- John Lively — primary (person)
- Sal Esquivel — primary (person)
- Andy Olson — cosponsor (person)
- Carl Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nearman — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Knopp — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18T01:55:48+00:00** Referred to Higher Education and Workforce Development. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-02-21T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-02-24T23:31:15+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-27T16:34:19+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-01T19:43:58+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Whisnant. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-02T16:31:36+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-03T23:50:22+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-02T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-09T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-12T16:54:31+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to resolve conflicts. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-15T17:52:36+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-16T18:40:15+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-18T18:34:50+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2017-05-22T15:49:31+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-22T22:45:48+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-25T16:37:15+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00** Chapter 149, (2017 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f907fb77-1a25-4ab5-827f-3976f34b7913`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).