---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to education."
description: "<i>Directs Department of Education to conduct study to determine adequacy of public education in state.</i>]"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2876"
citation: "Oregon HB 2876 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-04T16:42:39+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-17T15:44:49+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a476a4a4-9b6a-4618-b1ba-3f5582809581"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2876"
source_hash: "38b26e2d91ed02fb7370c0edf42e2d7ceeb0a73c5307ffc79a099b42b45b6161"
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 2876 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to education.

<i>Directs Department of Education to conduct study to determine adequacy of public education in state.</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/HB2876/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2876/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2876/A-Engrossed)
4. **HRULES Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16022)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2876/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Baertschiger Jr. Passed. — **23–4** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Hernandez. Passed. — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–2** (pass) · lower

## 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. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-15T16:20:07+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass and be referred to Rules. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-15T16:20:08+00:00** Referred to Rules by order of Speaker. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-06T22:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-05-07T22:54:13+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-08T19:05:54+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-09T18:22:49+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hernandez. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-13T16:34:31+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-17T17:03:53+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-22T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-05-29T15:39:24+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-29T17:40:15+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-30T16:36:42+00:00** Carried over to 06-03 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-06-03T20:08:59+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Baertschiger Jr. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-05T15:29:35+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-05T20:57:35+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-11T16:21:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-17T15:44:49+00:00** Chapter 308, (2019 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a476a4a4-9b6a-4618-b1ba-3f5582809581`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).