---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to homeless youth; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Authorizes Department of Human Services to award two-year grants to organizations that provide services to unaccompanied homeless youth and to organizations that operate host home projects for unaccompanied homeless youth."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2544"
citation: "Oregon HB 2544 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Smith Warner", "Bill Hansell", "Christine Drazan"]
version_count: 8
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/3b75deb9-a2ec-4336-b25c-f5bf71f4e050"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2544"
source_hash: "1173b47fb2321e52fc65634fa598afcfc38de4e349298e000b4559182ade3246"
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 2544 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to homeless youth; and prescribing an effective date.

Authorizes Department of Human Services to award two-year grants to organizations that provide services to unaccompanied homeless youth and to organizations that operate host home projects for unaccompanied homeless youth.

## 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.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2544/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2544/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2544/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2544/B-Engrossed)
5. **HHS Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/18669)
6. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2544/House%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
7. **JWM Amendment -A3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/21543)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2544/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Drazan, Smith Warner. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Lieber. Passed. — **24–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barbara Smith Warner — primary (person)
- Bill Hansell — primary (person)
- Christine Drazan — primary (person)
- Anna Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Bobby Levy — cosponsor (person)
- Boomer Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Duane Stark — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Kropf — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
- Karin Power — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Lieber — cosponsor (person)
- Khanh Pham — cosponsor (person)
- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
- Lily Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Prusak — cosponsor (person)
- Rep Leif — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Gelser Blouin — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly Boshart Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Sheri Schouten — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne Weber — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Knopp — cosponsor (person)
- Wlnsvey Campos — 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 Human Services with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01T23:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-31T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-06T20:48:25+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06T20:48:26+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-15T15:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-13T07:00:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee on Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-15T22:23:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Capital Construction. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-18T20:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2021-06-18T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-21T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-23T16:21:33+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-24T17:33:17+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-25T04:44:11+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Drazan, Smith Warner. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-25T16:16:17+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-25T16:56:24+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-26T15:41:44+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-26T17:41:37+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-26T19:10:31+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Lieber. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-29T20:32:46+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-30T21:39:37+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-07-19T18:31:45+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 531, (2021 Laws): Effective date September 25, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b75deb9-a2ec-4336-b25c-f5bf71f4e050`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).