---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to higher education; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Permits Higher Education Coordinating Commission to establish by rule minimum <b>hourly training requirement or student proficiency-based training requirement</b> standards required for graduating from hair design, barbering, esthetics or nail technology schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2314"
citation: "Oregon HB 2314 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-31T00:07:46+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5abe22dd-d531-4f10-860c-a95eaddc90f8"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2314"
source_hash: "5e2000b9ff870aa6490434b76a6c700c8edb8c2e0d2ac5fa1399fc9ce192e071"
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 2314 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to higher education; and declaring an emergency.

Permits Higher Education Coordinating Commission to establish by rule minimum <b>hourly training requirement or student proficiency-based training requirement</b> standards required for graduating from hair design, barbering, esthetics or nail technology schools.

## 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/HB2314/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2314/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2314/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2314/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Johnson. Passed. — **59–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Hass. Passed. — **22–8** (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`
- **2017-03-14T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-03-16T19:38:04+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-20T16:40:26+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-21T18:25:36+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Johnson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-22T15:48:25+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22T20:14:19+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-02T22:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-04T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-08T15:55:47+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-08T17:33:45+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-09T18:31:19+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hass. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-10T22:24:54+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-11T15:32:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-17T16:38:33+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-31T00:07:46+00:00** Chapter 66, (2017 Laws): Effective date May 17, 2017.
- **2017-02-07T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5abe22dd-d531-4f10-860c-a95eaddc90f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).