---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Native American curriculum in schools; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Directs Department of Education to develop curriculum relating to Native American experience in Oregon and to provide professional development related to curriculum."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 13"
citation: "Oregon SB 13 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-10T19:48:19+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2598c5aa-2881-44f8-99e1-910b5a18d34a"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB13"
source_hash: "fb0d7fd7f03eaa4c2a1ec9faaca85d7b232c04aad1524e07e23625413dca1313"
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 SB 13 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to Native American curriculum in schools; and declaring an emergency.

Directs Department of Education to develop curriculum relating to Native American experience in Oregon and to provide professional development related to curriculum.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB13/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB13/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. — **60–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-17T16:06:43+00:00** Referred to Education, then Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-02-16T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-02-20T22:07:35+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
- **2017-06-20T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-06-18T21:51:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Education. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-29T15:33:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2017-06-29T15:31:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-30T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-07-01T15:07:59+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-01T16:35:04+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-03T21:08:36+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-05T15:25:47+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-06T01:38:39+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-06T21:55:04+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-06T23:26:45+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-07T16:46:19+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-18T20:42:13+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-18T20:45:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-08-02T16:48:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-10T19:45:50+00:00** Chapter 632, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-08-10T19:48:19+00:00** Effective date, August 2, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2598c5aa-2881-44f8-99e1-910b5a18d34a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).