---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the disciplinary authority of the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission."
description: "Clarifies terminology of persons who may be investigated or disciplined by Teacher Standards and Practices Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2136"
citation: "Oregon HB 2136 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2678101-c940-4db8-8180-c3b234480d3c"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2136"
source_hash: "4c38b92c6f22324a704675308325d832d89371ea0995be9f426d158ad8961914"
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 2136 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to the disciplinary authority of the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission.

Clarifies terminology of persons who may be investigated or disciplined by Teacher Standards and Practices Commission.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2136/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2136/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Wright. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. — **24–1** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20T04:40:25+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-30T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-01T00:59:13+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01T18:53:12+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06T04:04:34+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 6, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-04-07T04:05:06+00:00** Carried over to April 7, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-04-08T03:53:10+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 8, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-04-09T03:59:54+00:00** Carried over to April 9, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-04-10T02:51:56+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 10, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-04-11T01:13:11+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 12, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-04-13T02:58:32+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Wright. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14T18:51:07+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T20:29:47+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05T22:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-12T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-19T15:16:43+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-19T17:40:24+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-20T18:29:00+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-20T18:30:00+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-05-25T16:25:19+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-05-27T17:41:35+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-03T19:03:36+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 151, (2021 Laws): Effective date January 01, 2022.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2678101-c940-4db8-8180-c3b234480d3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).