---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to instruction in financial literacy."
description: "Encourages school districts and public charter schools to offer students courses or other educational opportunities in financial literacy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2229"
citation: "Oregon HB 2229 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gene Whisnant"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8437893e-a15c-4b07-8840-e98a978b75d4"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2229"
source_hash: "43447782e62ea69e4059a0a4d5ac11b15d7e039e0ae8b76e028849a0b6a29694"
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 2229 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to instruction in financial literacy.

Encourages school districts and public charter schools to offer students courses or other educational opportunities in financial literacy.

## 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.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2229/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2229/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2229/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2229/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Whisnant. Passed. — **59–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Linthicum. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Gene Whisnant — primary (person)
- Bill Hansell — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Steiner Hayward — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Barreto — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nearman — 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 Education. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-20T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-01T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-03-07T00:21:36+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07T17:18:55+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-08T19:28:34+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Whisnant. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-09T17:15:00+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13T15:57:47+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.
- **2017-05-11T15:35:19+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-11T18:26:54+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-15T18:18:00+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Linthicum. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-17T16:49:37+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-17T17:29:53+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-24T16:38:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00** Chapter 133, (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/8437893e-a15c-4b07-8840-e98a978b75d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).