---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to grants to decrease rates of school absenteeism; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Adds school social worker to list of professions included in school-based system for which school district or education service district may receive moneys for decreasing rates of school absenteeism."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2648"
citation: "Oregon HB 2648 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Margaret Doherty"]
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/2cefc6ab-e07c-4221-9caf-b305289dca17"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2648"
source_hash: "f391f9121360810de15e72880aa78fa10be1c02b3e0b4e8cc5a13d7f0e0607ec"
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 2648 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to grants to decrease rates of school absenteeism; and declaring an emergency.

Adds school social worker to list of professions included in school-based system for which school district or education service district may receive moneys for decreasing rates of school absenteeism.

## 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/HB2648/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2648/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Hernandez. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Margaret Doherty — primary (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`
- **2017-02-15T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-02-22T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-02-24T23:31:19+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-27T16:34:19+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-01T19:30:40+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 2, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-03-02T19:55:35+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 6, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-03-06T19:40:54+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hernandez. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-07T17:14:16+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`
- **2017-05-04T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-09T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-11T15:35:29+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-11T18:26:54+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-15T18:40:56+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Roblan. 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 137, (2017 Laws): Effective date May 24, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2cefc6ab-e07c-4221-9caf-b305289dca17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).