---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to benefits for community college students; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Requires community colleges to jointly conduct study to determine best methods for helping community college students learn about and apply for benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 4043"
citation: "Oregon HB 4043 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-22T18:07:03+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-26T20:28:16+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/395346ab-64fb-4328-977c-cb48f8e643f1"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Measures/Overview/HB4043"
source_hash: "1e6ee89d781225b66c6fb1cf677b87558bd44955291a7d313b8c8e3d9e23b65e"
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 4043 (2018 Regular Session) — Relating to benefits for community college students; and declaring an emergency.

Requires community colleges to jointly conduct study to determine best methods for helping community college students learn about and apply for benefits.

## 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/HB4043/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4043/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4043/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4043/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Alonso Leon. Passed. — **59–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## 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. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08T23:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2018-02-12T20:25:52+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-13T16:54:23+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2018-02-14T19:30:51+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Alonso Leon. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-15T17:01:06+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15T21:50:47+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-19T21:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2018-02-21T16:33:50+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21T19:00:01+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2018-02-22T19:39:19+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-26T16:24:32+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-02-26T22:55:39+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-16T17:26:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-26T20:28:16+00:00** Chapter 17, (2018 Laws): Effective date March 16, 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/395346ab-64fb-4328-977c-cb48f8e643f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).