---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the financial administration of the Higher Education Coordinating Commission; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Approves certain new or increased fees adopted by Higher Education Coordinating Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 5525"
citation: "Oregon SB 5525 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-24T23:01:33+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c14e1b1-d96b-4f6f-b97a-d0966f4fe09d"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB5525"
source_hash: "95e9c1a8612816b4321cce8b5de1ddfd67c75eac98cdc99c64bc91c24c0bf819"
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 5525 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to the financial administration of the Higher Education Coordinating Commission; and declaring an emergency.

Approves certain new or increased fees adopted by Higher Education Coordinating Commission.

## 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/SB5525/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB5525/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **44–0** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Lively. Passed. — **47–11** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. — **22–6** (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 Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-01-25T00:31:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Education. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-28T15:33:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2017-06-28T15:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-30T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-07-03T16:06:31+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-03T21:08:07+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-04T16:45:47+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`
- **2017-07-06T19:46:53+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-06T21:00:00+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-07T02:40:11+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Lively. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-18T17:41:32+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-18T18:05:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-19T20:51:26+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-24T22:58:04+00:00** Chapter 596, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-07-24T23:01:33+00:00** Effective date, July 19, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c14e1b1-d96b-4f6f-b97a-d0966f4fe09d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).