---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Eastern Oregon University."
description: "Designates Eastern Oregon University as Oregon's Rural University."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 4153"
citation: "Oregon HB 4153 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hansell", "Greg Barreto", "Greg Smith"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-22T18:07:03+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-12T19:55:27+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b5c3c73-b662-428a-942c-51905ed4c4c9"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Measures/Overview/HB4153"
source_hash: "e9fc774ed2182ea564c1f64abc5a6b5bec36478221facd7dad102bb2d71e9446"
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 4153 (2018 Regular Session) — Relating to Eastern Oregon University.

Designates Eastern Oregon University as Oregon's Rural University.

## 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/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4153/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4153/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Findley. Passed. — **60–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bill Hansell — primary (person)
- Greg Barreto — primary (person)
- Greg Smith — primary (person)
- Lynn Findley — 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`
- **2018-02-08T23:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2018-02-10T00:23:51+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-12T17:07:00+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2018-02-13T19:23:22+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to February 15, 2018 Calendar.
- **2018-02-15T19:37:37+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Findley. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-16T17:57:19+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-16T21:17:17+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21T21:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2018-02-23T16:32:24+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-23T19:58:50+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2018-02-26T20:24:33+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-28T18:45:27+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-02-28T22:58:24+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-06T17:35:52+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-12T19:55:27+00:00** Chapter 6, (2018 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b5c3c73-b662-428a-942c-51905ed4c4c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).