---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to competency-based education."
description: "Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to submit annual report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly that describes progress made in providing competency-based education in public post-secondary institutions of education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 3289"
citation: "Oregon HB 3289 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gene Whisnant"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-03-02T17:07:55+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-28T20:55:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7363610-0663-40f7-b60c-dae7110e42fa"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB3289"
source_hash: "2763aa57aa5dac4ec9047006babbd7365a55831cb19f1c22f3e6e6999cab289f"
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 3289 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to competency-based education.

Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to submit annual report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly that describes progress made in providing competency-based education in public post-secondary institutions of education.

## 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/HB3289/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3289/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3289/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3289/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Whisnant. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Linthicum. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Gene Whisnant — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-02T17:07:55+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-10T00:02:08+00:00** Referred to Higher Education and Workforce Development with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-11T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-14T23:02:25+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and subsequent referral to Ways and Means be rescinded. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-14T23:02:26+00:00** Subsequent referral to Ways and Means rescinded by order of the Speaker.
- **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.
- **2017-04-19T19:12:53+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 20, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-20T21:44:45+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Whisnant. 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`
- **2017-05-30T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-06-01T22:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-06T15:28:38+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-06T17:48:59+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-07T18:55:42+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Linthicum. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-09T19:03:51+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 404, (2017 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7363610-0663-40f7-b60c-dae7110e42fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).