---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to resident tuition for indigenous people; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Requires public universities and community colleges to charge resident tuition to Native Americans and Alaska Natives who graduated from Oregon high schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 312"
citation: "Oregon SB 312 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hansell"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-17T15:50:03+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aca04c84-863a-499d-8917-eb63e85627b0"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB312"
source_hash: "0cb4261c65d06cc9d3f8d8dc019f9808a418552812db3c5136281c6e1300bc17"
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 SB 312 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to resident tuition for indigenous people; and declaring an emergency.

Requires public universities and community colleges to charge resident tuition to Native Americans and Alaska Natives who graduated from Oregon high schools.

## 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/SB312/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB312/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Alonso Leon, Sanchez. Passed. — **56–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill Hansell — primary (person)
- Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15T23:44:19+00:00** Referred to Education, then Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-01T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-15T15:57:18+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass and subsequent referral to Ways and Means be rescinded. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-15T15:57:19+00:00** Subsequent referral rescinded by order of the President.
- **2019-04-15T18:19:09+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16T19:08:26+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-17T17:34:10+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24T23:49:29+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-15T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-22T14:47:30+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-22T17:29:40+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-24T04:43:42+00:00** Carried over to May 27, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-27T18:12:22+00:00** Carried over to May 28, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-29T01:47:35+00:00** Carried over to May 29, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-30T03:22:24+00:00** Carried over to May 30, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-30T17:39:09+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Alonso Leon, Sanchez. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-03T15:49:24+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-03T19:00:48+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-07T21:02:48+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-17T15:48:48+00:00** Chapter 287, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-06-17T15:50:03+00:00** Effective date, June 7, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aca04c84-863a-499d-8917-eb63e85627b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).