---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the purpose of higher education."
description: "Makes 40-40-20 higher education goals relate to Oregonians completing education, rather than to all adult Oregonians."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2311"
citation: "Oregon HB 2311 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
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/a7c2a4be-2a66-47eb-801a-09969f8601f7"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2311"
source_hash: "4601080a84acdba121ddeecd394f407df7feb71adc5567efbbd45090c916870b"
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 2311 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to the purpose of higher education.

Makes 40-40-20 higher education goals relate to Oregonians completing education, rather than to all adult Oregonians.

## 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/HB2311/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2311/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Alonso Leon. Passed. — **58–1** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (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 Higher Education and Workforce Development. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-12T22:13:07+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-13T16:46:56+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-17T18:26:35+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 18, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-18T18:43:15+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 19, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-19T18:31:57+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Alonso Leon. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-20T16:51:33+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-24T16:09:00+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-16T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-23T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-25T15:31:43+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-25T19:05:11+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-26T15:00:15+00:00** Carried over to 05-30 by unanimous consent.
- **2017-05-30T19:13:19+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-01T23:37:49+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-02T16:17:14+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-08T21:41:07+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00** Chapter 264, (2017 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2018.
- **2017-04-06T22:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7c2a4be-2a66-47eb-801a-09969f8601f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).