---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to entities that can receive grant distributions from the Department of Education; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Expands types of entities that may receive funding for certain activities related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics education and to career and technical education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2258"
citation: "Oregon HB 2258 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
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/621c8983-ddcd-403c-bfa3-bb371866e491"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2258"
source_hash: "28cc06e4960b3db4f9b81852cce5fa14b3270feaec9f69fc87a0902469115f1f"
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 2258 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to entities that can receive grant distributions from the Department of Education; and declaring an emergency.

Expands types of entities that may receive funding for certain activities related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics education and to career and technical education.

## 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/HB2258/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2258/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. — **20–7** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Sprenger. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## 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`
- **2017-02-01T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-02-13T23:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-02-15T23:09:17+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-16T17:18:08+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-02-20T19:27:45+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Sprenger. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-21T16:48:41+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22T20:11:15+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-16T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-18T15:54:25+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-18T17:32:02+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-22T18:23:34+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-24T20:13:32+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-25T15:22:23+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-31T16:36:06+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00** Chapter 184, (2017 Laws): Effective date May 31, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/621c8983-ddcd-403c-bfa3-bb371866e491`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).