---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to school meals; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Describes actions school districts are required to take or are prohibited from taking regarding students who are unable to pay for meals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 3454"
citation: "Oregon HB 3454 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Clem", "Mike McLane"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-05-04T16:01:37+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-18T18:19:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/404b88f3-182d-4e1d-81e0-e65d6d7ac3ea"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB3454"
source_hash: "a752cbf1c09a494bc3656f9f43270abe33b955ad97069aba621b68b2aa86aff3"
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 3454 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to school meals; and declaring an emergency.

Describes actions school districts are required to take or are prohibited from taking regarding students who are unable to pay for meals.

## 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/HB3454/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3454/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3454/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3454/B-Engrossed)
5. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3454/Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3454/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **59–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by McLane. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **8–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Brian Clem — primary (person)
- Mike McLane — primary (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- John Huffman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-04T16:01:37+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-12T00:23:58+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-25T22:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-06-01T23:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-07T20:13:53+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-08T16:19:44+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-12T18:49:39+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 13, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-13T21:05:25+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 14, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-14T18:07:39+00:00** Third reading. Carried by McLane. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-15T16:12:35+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-19T20:34:31+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-26T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-06-28T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-30T15:31:26+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-01T17:30:43+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-03T22:21:29+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-06T20:47:30+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **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 684, (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/404b88f3-182d-4e1d-81e0-e65d6d7ac3ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).