---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to public universities."
description: "Removes requirement that Higher Education Coordinating Commission's annual evaluation of public universities include annual evaluation of each university. Requires that each university be evaluated by commission once every two years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 54"
citation: "Oregon SB 54 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-04T19:41:13+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ea68827-8acc-4fc2-9cbe-caa36c9b29ba"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB54"
source_hash: "ab5958f0c3a0ee3735eaf6fce7a825376128d9ae4012742d2a11b65fe4c4a38c"
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 54 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to public universities.

Removes requirement that Higher Education Coordinating Commission's annual evaluation of public universities include annual evaluation of each university. Requires that each university be evaluated by commission once every two years.

## 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/SB54/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB54/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB54/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB54/B-Engrossed)
5. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB54/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB54/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — **24–5** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. — **27–2** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Johnson. Passed. — **45–8** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **8–0** (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. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-13T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-18T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-19T22:26:29+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-20T18:35:14+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-24T18:23:41+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-24T18:24:41+00:00** Boquist, excused, granted unanimous consent to vote nay.
- **2017-04-25T16:21:25+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27T21:04:55+00:00** Referred to Higher Education and Workforce Development. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-16T22:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-19T21:54:19+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-22T16:15:12+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-23T18:38:49+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 24, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-24T21:56:50+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 25, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-25T22:00:25+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 26, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-26T15:36:22+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 30, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-30T18:44:50+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 31, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-31T18:56:58+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 1, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-01T22:06:59+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Johnson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-12T18:16:27+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
- **2017-06-13T23:46:14+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-15T20:35:59+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-22T16:57:13+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-04T19:31:34+00:00** Chapter 440, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-07-04T19:41:13+00:00** 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/1ea68827-8acc-4fc2-9cbe-caa36c9b29ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).