---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to providing information to employees about the public service loan forgiveness program; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Directs education employer to provide materials and assistance to eligible employees concerning public service loan forgiveness program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 3255"
citation: "Oregon HB 3255 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Gorsek", "Ricki Ruiz", "Wlnsvey Campos"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-23T18:32:09+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/362c28ea-7c92-41c1-9d9a-3e0a7a0c3836"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB3255"
source_hash: "b70e64cf9099a21f821c94e4a9b1df0d1a9e16c40bf267071e4db8b710d4511f"
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 3255 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to providing information to employees about the public service loan forgiveness program; and prescribing an effective date.

Directs education employer to provide materials and assistance to eligible employees concerning public service loan forgiveness program.

## 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/HB3255/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3255/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3255/A-Engrossed)
4. **HED Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/19732)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3255/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. — **20–2** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Campos. Passed. — **52–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Gorsek — primary (person)
- Ricki Ruiz — primary (person)
- Wlnsvey Campos — primary (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Prusak — cosponsor (person)
- Tawna Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Alonso Leon — 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`
- **2021-03-03T03:42:04+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-06T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-10T18:26:22+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14T18:26:53+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-16T03:52:31+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 16, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-04-16T17:48:01+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Campos. 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.
- **2021-05-27T15:17:25+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-27T17:38:51+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-28T18:32:52+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-28T18:33:52+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-06-02T20:47:21+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-07T16:27:01+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-11T23:30:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 261, (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/362c28ea-7c92-41c1-9d9a-3e0a7a0c3836`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).