---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the education of students in treatment programs; and declaring an emergency."
description: "<i>Directs Department of Education to provide moneys for payment of costs of education of students in qualified treatment programs.</i>]"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 3254"
citation: "Oregon HB 3254 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Susan McLain"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-23T18:32:09+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f063ca9-f1e5-41c8-ab64-19549fe0abaf"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB3254"
source_hash: "ef34686a9da66f24f759824f97d97763f30d67f40fa44c60981a60ca32ba851b"
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 3254 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to the education of students in treatment programs; and declaring an emergency.

<i>Directs Department of Education to provide moneys for payment of costs of education of students in qualified treatment programs.</i>]

## 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/HB3254/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3254/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3254/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3254/B-Engrossed)
5. **HED Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/19253)
6. **SED Amendment -A3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/20763)
7. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3254/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3254/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **56–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by McLain. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Susan McLain — primary (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Noble — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-23T18:32:09+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26T15:55:16+00:00** Referred to Education with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-30T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-01T19:39:39+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and subsequent referral to Ways and Means be rescinded. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01T19:39:40+00:00** Subsequent referral to Ways and Means rescinded by order of the Speaker.
- **2021-04-05T18:04:11+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **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.
- **2021-04-13T04:23:16+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 13, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-04-14T04:08:45+00:00** Carried over to April 14, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-04-15T04:06:41+00:00** Carried over to April 15, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-04-15T21:18:53+00:00** Third reading. Carried by McLain. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-19T16:02:34+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-23T16:24:27+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10T22:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-17T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-28T15:21:40+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-01T16:32:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-02T18:57:51+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-03T18:39:13+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2021-06-08T16:03:05+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-08T20:24:56+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-16T00:08:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 304, (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/6f063ca9-f1e5-41c8-ab64-19549fe0abaf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).