---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to small high schools; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Modifies requirements for school to qualify as small high school for purposes of State School Fund distributions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2867"
citation: "Oregon HB 2867 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["E. Werner Reschke"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-04T16:42:39+00:00"
last_action: "2019-08-14T21:32:36+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7c37eef-2709-4b7a-8bd5-883329cbdf48"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2867"
source_hash: "071a679f5386521fc88c09c2fce9388334b7f1eb00900b6fb6e358c0229be1ad"
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 2867 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to small high schools; and declaring an emergency.

Modifies requirements for school to qualify as small high school for purposes of State School Fund distributions.

## 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/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2867/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2867/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2867/A-Engrossed)
4. **SFR Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16823)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2867/Enrolled)

## Votes

- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Reschke. Passed. — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Linthicum. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- E. Werner Reschke — primary (person)
- Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- Cheri Helt — cosponsor (person)
- Dennis Linthicum — cosponsor (person)
- Fred Girod — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Leif — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Barreto — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Zika — cosponsor (person)
- John Lively — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Wallan — cosponsor (person)
- Mike McLane — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nearman — cosponsor (person)
- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly Boshart Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person)

## 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`
- **2019-02-05T00:03:40+00:00** Referred to Education with subsequent referral to Student Success. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-02-25T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-03-01T00:27:53+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass, subsequent referral to Student Success be rescinded, and be referred to Revenue. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-01T00:27:54+00:00** Subsequent referral to Student Success rescinded by order of the Speaker.
- **2019-03-01T00:27:55+00:00** Referred to Revenue by order of Speaker. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-23T15:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-23T23:14:52+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24T17:35:13+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-25T18:43:54+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Reschke. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-29T16:53:24+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30T15:30:19+00:00** Referred to Finance and Revenue. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-06-12T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-14T18:41:04+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-17T19:33:25+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-18T18:40:13+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Linthicum. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-19T17:40:04+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2019-06-20T17:07:13+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-24T22:53:53+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-08-09T23:53:36+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-14T21:32:36+00:00** Chapter 657, (2019 Laws): Effective date August 9, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7c37eef-2709-4b7a-8bd5-883329cbdf48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).