---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to competency-based education; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to establish competency-based education pilot program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2378"
citation: "Oregon HB 2378 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Janeen Sollman", "Pam Marsh"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
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/242a2d4d-2d54-4a5b-885e-7d0ffa29ee2f"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2378"
source_hash: "b699ac2212a2b9fc9f0c29edd0806edffb8dee664eff6617a89eb3cf8cb9e86f"
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 2378 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to competency-based education; and declaring an emergency.

Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to establish competency-based education pilot program.

## 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/HB2378/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2378/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Marsh. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed. — **23–6** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Janeen Sollman — primary (person)
- Pam Marsh — primary (person)
- Bobby Levy — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
- Lily Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Owens — cosponsor (person)

## 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`
- **2021-03-18T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-13T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-15T23:12:12+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass and be referred to Ways and Means. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15T23:12:13+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02T23:50:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Education. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-03T21:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2021-06-03T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-11T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-15T02:29:26+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-15T18:51:09+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-15T23:08:27+00:00** Rules suspended. Rules suspended. Carried over to June 16, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-06-16T18:32:02+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Marsh. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-16T19:10:23+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16T20:34:22+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21T15:15:43+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-21T17:59:25+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-22T17:24:58+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-24T16:39:09+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-26T15:59:48+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-22T17:25:58+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-07-19T18:31:45+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 523, (2021 Laws): Effective date July 19, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/242a2d4d-2d54-4a5b-885e-7d0ffa29ee2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).