---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to education; and declaring an emergency."
description: "<i>Establishes Task Force on Educational Accountability and Transparency. Prescribes membership and duties of task force.</i>]"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2018"
citation: "Oregon HB 2018 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-04T16:42:39+00:00"
last_action: "2019-08-01T16:20:18+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb40cb4d-c27a-4461-b960-60130a81bceb"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2018"
source_hash: "ef58162401be17758b996a8be73263e165d1c4f1e6d682675196a97008a2d985"
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 2018 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to education; and declaring an emergency.

<i>Establishes Task Force on Educational Accountability and Transparency. Prescribes membership and duties of task force.</i>]

## 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/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2018/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2018/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2018/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2018/B-Engrossed)
5. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2018/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **JCSS Amendment -3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16185)
7. **JWM Amendment -A4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/17037)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2018/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by McLain. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **32–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-04T16:42:39+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04T22:59:31+00:00** Referred to Student Success. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15T00:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-05-16T22:53:06+00:00** Without recommendation as to passage, with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means.
- **2019-05-16T22:53:07+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20T20:24:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Capital Construction. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-21T02:33:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2019-06-21T01:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-21T02:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-21T20:52:43+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-24T18:35:43+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-25T00:16:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 25, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-06-25T17:41:42+00:00** Third reading. Carried by McLain. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-29T14:53:52+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-29T16:13:51+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-29T20:16:43+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-30T02:02:34+00:00** Rules suspended. Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-30T03:49:39+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-02T17:49:50+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-07-03T22:16:12+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-07-23T18:09:47+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-01T16:20:18+00:00** Chapter 572, (2019 Laws): Effective date July 23, 2019.
- **2019-06-30T03:50:39+00:00** Vote explanation filed by Roblan.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb40cb4d-c27a-4461-b960-60130a81bceb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).