---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to students in a program to earn a General Educational Development certificate; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Allows student enrolled in program provided by school district or education service district to earn General Educational Development (GED) certificate to participate in interscholastic activities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2817"
citation: "Oregon HB 2817 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Teresa Alonso Leon"]
version_count: 5
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/5bfa9cdc-ae4a-4579-87db-30b088e2f238"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2817"
source_hash: "72f14660b818b3eb5857c5dd9c0e024aa792ab5bdc8ee36bda29096f6a86251e"
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 2817 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to students in a program to earn a General Educational Development certificate; and declaring an emergency.

Allows student enrolled in program provided by school district or education service district to earn General Educational Development (GED) certificate to participate in interscholastic activities.

## 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/HB2817/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2817/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2817/A-Engrossed)
4. **HED Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/19070)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2817/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. — **27–1** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Alonso Leon. Passed. — **46–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Teresa Alonso Leon — primary (person)
- Barbara Smith Warner — cosponsor (person)
- Boomer Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Duane Stark — cosponsor (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
- Lily Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Holvey — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Prusak — cosponsor (person)
- Raquel Moore-Green — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Wagner — 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 Education. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-25T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-03-29T22:28:43+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31T18:47:35+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-02T04:09:35+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 5, 2021 Calendar.
- **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.
- **2021-04-11T01:50:00+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Alonso Leon. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-12T18:26:27+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`
- **2021-04-19T22:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-26T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-07T15:12:15+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-07T17:37:53+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-10T19:24:28+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-10T19:25:28+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-05-13T18:07:57+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-05-14T18:54:17+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-05-21T23:53:45+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 70, (2021 Laws): Effective date July 01, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5bfa9cdc-ae4a-4579-87db-30b088e2f238`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).