--- type: "Bill" title: "Relating to tuition assistance for members of the Oregon National Guard; and declaring an emergency." description: "Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to provide tuition assistance for] grants to qualified members of Oregon National Guard to attend community colleges or public universities." jurisdiction: "us/states/or" legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly" session: "2018 Regular Session" identifier: "HB 4035" citation: "Oregon HB 4035 (2018 Regular Session)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Gene Whisnant", "Mike McLane"] version_count: 6 action_count: 23 vote_count: 4 first_action: "2018-01-22T18:07:03+00:00" last_action: "2018-04-11T21:44:33+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2798310e-a30f-49ae-bb60-8ecd944abd52" source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Measures/Overview/HB4035" source_hash: "339085268b4729e20f1efb70e51ce5ff24790230df54f85e013660b913344797" 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 4035 (2018 Regular Session) — Relating to tuition assistance for members of the Oregon National Guard; and declaring an emergency. Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to provide tuition assistance for] grants to qualified members of Oregon National Guard to attend community colleges or public universities. ## 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/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4035/House Amendments to Introduced) 2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4035/Introduced) 3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4035/A-Engrossed) 4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4035/B-Engrossed) 5. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4035/House Amendments to A-Engrossed) 6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4035/Enrolled) ## Votes - Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by McLane. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · legislature - Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Boquist. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · legislature - Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **44–0** (pass) · legislature - Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–0** (pass) · legislature ## Sponsors - Gene Whisnant — primary (person) - Mike McLane — primary (person) - A. Richard Vial — cosponsor (person) - Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person) - Andrea Salinas — cosponsor (person) - Barbara Smith Warner — cosponsor (person) - Betsy Johnson — cosponsor (person) - Bill Post — cosponsor (person) - Caddy McKeown — cosponsor (person) - Carl Wilson — cosponsor (person) - Carla Piluso — cosponsor (person) - Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person) - Chris Gorsek — cosponsor (person) - Dallas Heard — cosponsor (person) - Dan Rayfield — cosponsor (person) - Daniel Bonham — cosponsor (person) - David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person) - David Gomberg — cosponsor (person) - Deborah Boone — cosponsor (person) - Denyc Boles — cosponsor (person) - Diego Hernandez — cosponsor (person) - Duane Stark — cosponsor (person) - E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person) - Greg Barreto — cosponsor (person) - Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person) - Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person) - Jeff Barker — cosponsor (person) - Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person) - Jeffrey Helfrich — cosponsor (person) - Jennifer Williamson — cosponsor (person) - John Lively — cosponsor (person) - Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person) - Julie Parrish — cosponsor (person) - Karin Power — cosponsor (person) - Ken Helm — cosponsor (person) - Knute Buehler — cosponsor (person) - Lynn Findley — cosponsor (person) - Margaret Doherty — cosponsor (person) - Mark Meek — cosponsor (person) - Mike Nearman — cosponsor (person) - Nancy Nathanson — cosponsor (person) - Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person) - Paul Evans — cosponsor (person) - Paul Holvey — cosponsor (person) - Rick Lewis — cosponsor (person) - Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person) - Rob Wagner — cosponsor (person) - Ron Noble — cosponsor (person) - Sal Esquivel — cosponsor (person) - Sheri Malstrom — cosponsor (person) - Sherrie Sprenger — cosponsor (person) - Susan McLain — cosponsor (person) - Tawna Sanchez — cosponsor (person) - Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person) - Tina Kotek — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2018-01-22T18:07:03+00:00** Presession Released to the Public. - **2018-02-05T15:22:09+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee` - **2018-02-05T16:53:18+00:00** Referred to Higher Education and Workforce Development with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. `referral-committee` - **2018-02-06T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held. - **2018-02-13T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held. - **2018-02-15T23:19:38+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2018-02-15T23:21:01+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee` - **2018-02-27T02:06:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Capital Construction. `referral-committee` - **2018-03-01T21:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee. - **2018-03-01T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held. - **2018-03-02T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held. - **2018-03-03T03:29:48+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2018-03-03T16:26:30+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2` - **2018-03-03T17:50:05+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by McLane. Passed. `passage, reading-3` - **2018-03-03T18:13:33+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee` - **2018-03-03T18:14:15+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee` - **2018-03-03T21:44:13+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2018-03-03T22:50:57+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2` - **2018-03-03T23:15:41+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Boquist. Passed. `passage, reading-3` - **2018-03-07T00:24:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage` - **2018-03-13T17:22:07+00:00** President signed. `passage` - **2018-04-03T20:09:37+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature` - **2018-04-11T21:44:33+00:00** Chapter 53, (2018 Laws): Effective date April 3, 2018. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2798310e-a30f-49ae-bb60-8ecd944abd52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).