---
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 2964"
citation: "Oregon HB 2964 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel Bonham", "Margaret Doherty", "Paul Evans"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-18T17:02:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-10T15:43:41+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/129b6d75-5e7b-47c8-9da9-2ba67a60c526"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2964"
source_hash: "27fbe747f38ac71d0492a185c094ab66554373ed963404db0c430cea3b991058"
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 2964 (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/HB2964/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2964/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2964/A-Engrossed)
4. **HED Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/14032)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2964/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Wagner. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed. — **55–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daniel Bonham — primary (person)
- Margaret Doherty — primary (person)
- Paul Evans — primary (person)
- Cheri Helt — cosponsor (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Wagner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-18T17:02:51+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21T19:58:45+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-03-14T23:02:42+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18T18:16:43+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-19T18:29:05+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-21T16:20:11+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26T21:32:04+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-15T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-21T15:48:35+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-21T16:53:45+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-22T17:05:02+00:00** Carried over to 05-23 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-05-23T19:49:32+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Wagner. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-24T21:34:58+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-28T20:46:10+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-04T22:28:12+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10T15:43:41+00:00** Chapter 211, (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/129b6d75-5e7b-47c8-9da9-2ba67a60c526`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).