---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to compulsory school attendance; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Allows parent or legal guardian of child whose sixth birthday occurred on or before September 1 immediately preceding beginning of current school year to delay enrolling child in public full-time school for one year for purpose of better meeting child's needs for cognitive, social or physical development."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 3029"
citation: "Oregon HB 3029 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cedric Hayden"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-27T16:34:19+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-28T20:55:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b217c0d9-2035-473e-9e70-ce8d01d831d1"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB3029"
source_hash: "05f887a47d7415c32fd625ee92245e6961df1ce92a04329a85122f7f4eab1ed2"
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 3029 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to compulsory school attendance; and declaring an emergency.

Allows parent or legal guardian of child whose sixth birthday occurred on or before September 1 immediately preceding beginning of current school year to delay enrolling child in public full-time school for one year for purpose of better meeting child's needs for cognitive, social or physical development.

## 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/HB3029/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3029/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3029/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3029/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Hayden. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Cedric Hayden — primary (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-27T16:34:19+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02T16:45:00+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-14T15:43:22+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-17T16:37:55+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-18T18:43:15+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 19, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-10T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-19T19:12:53+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 20, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-20T21:27:27+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hayden. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-24T16:18:27+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27T21:32:40+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-30T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-01T15:42:54+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-01T18:20:45+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-05T17:11:41+00:00** Carried over to 06-06 by unanimous consent.
- **2017-06-06T18:36:56+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-08T20:40:50+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-12T23:48:41+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-20T20:26:40+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-28T20:55:59+00:00** Chapter 379, (2017 Laws): Effective date July 1, 2017.
- **2017-05-23T22:01:00+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/b217c0d9-2035-473e-9e70-ce8d01d831d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).