---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to sanctions for career schools; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Replaces ability of Higher Education Coordinating Commission to place career school on probation with ability of commission to issue career school notice for corrective action."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2701"
citation: "Oregon HB 2701 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Kennemer", "Margaret Doherty"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-13T17:08:14+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44db68cb-3b60-4d22-a227-a0c6a62a1499"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2701"
source_hash: "d369b4120c0d16662f84a81bb08737ed577a82386abd6f3fefb1ca5db12d75ef"
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 2701 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to sanctions for career schools; and prescribing an effective date.

Replaces ability of Higher Education Coordinating Commission to place career school on probation with ability of commission to issue career school notice for corrective action.

## 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/HB2701/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2701/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2701/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2701/B-Engrossed)
5. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2701/Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2701/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Kennemer. Passed. — **55–1** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **57–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bill Kennemer — primary (person)
- Margaret Doherty — primary (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
- Sal Esquivel — 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 Higher Education and Workforce Development. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-18T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-24T22:36:56+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-25T17:42:01+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-26T23:02:29+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 27, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-27T21:12:55+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 1, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-01T19:18:40+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 2, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-02T22:13:34+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Kennemer. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-03T16:10:08+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-05T16:24:44+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-18T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-23T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-06-01T22:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-05T22:14:59+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-06T17:48:59+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-07T18:36:25+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-13T18:29:58+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2017-06-16T17:41:40+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-19T21:42:29+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-22T19:08:05+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-13T17:08:14+00:00** Chapter 422, (2017 Laws): Effective date July 1, 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44db68cb-3b60-4d22-a227-a0c6a62a1499`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).