---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to instruction in public schools about genocide."
description: "Requires school districts to provide instruction about Holocaust and genocide<b> beginning with 2020-2021 school year</b>."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 664"
citation: "Oregon SB 664 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dallas Heard", "James Manning Jr.", "Janeen Sollman", "Rob Wagner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-22T16:58:53+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-10T16:12:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7425ab36-feb5-48a7-b913-cc4771b3e917"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB664"
source_hash: "6a4ba2696205343bf04e575363c69810773ebec667e0fb2acc07079da35d767d"
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 664 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to instruction in public schools about genocide.

Requires school districts to provide instruction about Holocaust and genocide<b> beginning with 2020-2021 school year</b>.

## 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/SB664/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB664/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB664/A-Engrossed)
4. **SED Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/13910)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB664/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading as Special Order of Business. Carried by Sollman. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Wagner. Passed. — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dallas Heard — primary (person)
- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
- Janeen Sollman — primary (person)
- Rob Wagner — primary (person)
- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
- Arnie Roblan — cosponsor (person)
- Brad Witt — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Clem — cosponsor (person)
- Cheri Helt — cosponsor (person)
- Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Rayfield — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Bonham — cosponsor (person)
- David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
- Diego Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Steiner Hayward — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Zika — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Williamson — cosponsor (person)
- Karin Power — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Thatcher — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Wallan — cosponsor (person)
- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Doherty — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Hass — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
- Mitch Greenlick — cosponsor (person)
- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Prusak — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly Boshart Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Shemia Fagan — cosponsor (person)
- Sheri Schouten — cosponsor (person)
- Susan McLain — cosponsor (person)
- Tawna Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person)
- Tiffiny Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Knopp — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22T16:58:53+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24T21:17:20+00:00** Referred to Education, then Student Success, then Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-02-27T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-03-06T19:19:12+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and subsequent referral to Student Success and Ways and Means be rescinded. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06T19:19:13+00:00** Subsequent referrals rescinded by order of the President.
- **2019-03-07T20:11:29+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-11T18:56:57+00:00** Taken from 03-11 Calendar and placed on 03-12 Calendar on voice vote.
- **2019-03-12T18:23:27+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Wagner. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-12T18:22:00+00:00** Made a Special Order of Business by voice vote.
- **2019-03-13T16:57:40+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19T23:31:31+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing cancelled.
- **2019-05-08T22:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-05-14T22:57:21+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15T16:49:35+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16T18:33:40+00:00** Carried over to May 17, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-17T18:57:34+00:00** Carried over to May 20, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-20T19:29:22+00:00** Carried over to May 21, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-21T19:06:09+00:00** Carried over to May 22, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-23T03:28:37+00:00** Carried over to May 23, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-23T22:00:21+00:00** Rules suspended. Made a Special Order of Business on May 28, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-05-28T17:29:27+00:00** Third reading as Special Order of Business. Carried by Sollman. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-29T17:21:55+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-29T22:17:21+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-04T22:07:40+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10T16:05:04+00:00** Chapter 253, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-06-10T16:12:23+00:00** 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/7425ab36-feb5-48a7-b913-cc4771b3e917`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).