---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to setting the costs of attending public universities; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Requires each public university to establish advisory body to advise university president on recommendations to governing board regarding <b>resident</b> tuition and mandatory enrollment fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 4141"
citation: "Oregon HB 4141 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arnie Roblan", "Dallas Heard", "Diego Hernandez", "Janelle Bynum", "Kim Thatcher", "Michael Dembrow", "Teresa Alonso Leon"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-22T18:07:03+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-11T21:44:33+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ff7ddd1-bc87-4874-9c94-420bfdc24094"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Measures/Overview/HB4141"
source_hash: "7618d089a05418a15b43c47a72cfb7b437c8a41af473e834cd1cb4d5f82ae986"
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 4141 (2018 Regular Session) — Relating to setting the costs of attending public universities; and declaring an emergency.

Requires each public university to establish advisory body to advise university president on recommendations to governing board regarding <b>resident</b> tuition and mandatory enrollment fees.

## 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/HB4141/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4141/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4141/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4141/B-Engrossed)
5. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4141/Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4141/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **56–2** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Hernandez. Passed. — **57–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Arnie Roblan — primary (person)
- Dallas Heard — primary (person)
- Diego Hernandez — primary (person)
- Janelle Bynum — primary (person)
- Kim Thatcher — primary (person)
- Michael Dembrow — primary (person)
- Teresa Alonso Leon — primary (person)
- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
- Andrea Salinas — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Susan McLain — 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. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2018-02-15T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2018-02-17T00:31:52+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-19T18:01:36+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2018-02-20T22:40:26+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hernandez. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-21T17:38:01+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21T20:57:01+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26T21:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2018-02-27T23:22:24+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28T19:43:21+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2018-03-01T19:49:24+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-03T23:24:19+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2018-03-07T00:24:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08T18:22:19+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-04-03T20:09:37+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-11T21:44:33+00:00** Chapter 65, (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/7ff7ddd1-bc87-4874-9c94-420bfdc24094`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).