---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to transfer of credits to public post-secondary institutions of education; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Requires community colleges and public universities to establish foundational curriculum or foundational curricula for first year of coursework at public post-secondary institutions of education and establishes requirements for foundational curricula."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2998"
citation: "Oregon HB 2998 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-23T16:42:49+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-18T18:19:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/379fa8f1-81de-419a-a550-0d0a82331183"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2998"
source_hash: "9d4394b5e72e18c68627c1f984863eda6ecb1d87619a715a3b04ad84707ae5e0"
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 2998 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to transfer of credits to public post-secondary institutions of education; and declaring an emergency.

Requires community colleges and public universities to establish foundational curriculum or foundational curricula for first year of coursework at public post-secondary institutions of education and establishes requirements for foundational curricula.

## 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/HB2998/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2998/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2998/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2998/B-Engrossed)
5. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2998/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2998/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Monroe. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **42–2** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Johnson. Passed. — **54–0** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-23T16:42:49+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23T22:40:06+00:00** Referred to Higher Education and Workforce Development. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-28T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-18T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-24T22:03:59+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-24T22:04:00+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-06-18T21:51:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Education. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-22T15:33:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2017-06-22T15:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-28T19:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-29T22:34:07+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-29T22:50:43+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-30T20:50:35+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Johnson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-01T16:21:50+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-01T18:39:20+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-04T15:05:59+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-04T17:04:43+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-05T21:14:05+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Monroe. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-10T21:30:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-18T18:09:30+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-08-08T23:30:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-18T18:19:59+00:00** Chapter 669, (2017 Laws): Effective date August 8, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/379fa8f1-81de-419a-a550-0d0a82331183`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).