---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to moneys collected by the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Increases maximum allowed fee Teacher Standards and Practices Commission can impose for reinstatement of license that has been suspended or revoked for gross neglect of duty or gross unfitness."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 129"
citation: "Oregon SB 129 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00"
last_action: "2021-08-20T17:26:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70024c17-12cb-4b90-96fa-280678b45aba"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB129"
source_hash: "14ff295cb5d1f0167eacfedaa404d075ddb34e1f40d6473944bddc8c33e728fd"
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 SB 129 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to moneys collected by the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission; and declaring an emergency.

Increases maximum allowed fee Teacher Standards and Practices Commission can impose for reinstatement of license that has been suspended or revoked for gross neglect of duty or gross unfitness.

## 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/SB129/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB129/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB129/A-Engrossed)
4. **JWM Amendment -3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/21495)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB129/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed. — **21–8** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by McLain. Passed. — **39–15** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **40–4** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19T19:35:42+00:00** Referred to Education, then Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08T23:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-31T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-08T16:07:33+00:00** Recommendation: Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
- **2021-04-08T16:07:34+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-05T18:02:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Education. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16T20:18:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2021-06-16T20:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-18T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-21T15:15:12+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-22T16:05:00+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-23T16:01:05+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-23T16:55:22+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23T18:16:14+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-24T18:59:51+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-24T22:23:06+00:00** Rules suspended. Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-25T04:25:32+00:00** Rules suspended. Rules suspended. Carried over to June 25, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-06-25T19:18:39+00:00** Third reading. Carried by McLain. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-26T19:44:51+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-26T21:22:31+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-23T16:02:05+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-07-27T22:29:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-20T17:22:42+00:00** Chapter 647, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-08-20T17:26:23+00:00** Effective date, July 27, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70024c17-12cb-4b90-96fa-280678b45aba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).