---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to hiring practices of public universities."
description: "Repeals sunset date on temporary law and makes permanent law requiring public universities to interview qualified minority candidate when hiring head coach."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2216"
citation: "Oregon HB 2216 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mitch Greenlick"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-10T15:43:41+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9096a73-7ea0-4ef1-bfd0-51a054aae3aa"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2216"
source_hash: "4380657b1902fff7092065768dcc67c691298ea2c285e67f36071dc688af2439"
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 2216 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to hiring practices of public universities.

Repeals sunset date on temporary law and makes permanent law requiring public universities to interview qualified minority candidate when hiring head coach.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2216/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2216/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Hass. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Greenlick. Passed. — **56–3** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **3–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mitch Greenlick — primary (person)
- Andrea Salinas — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Smith Warner — cosponsor (person)
- Diego Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Doherty — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Holvey — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Wagner — cosponsor (person)
- Tawna Sanchez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-18T19:43:45+00:00** Referred to Business and Labor. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-03-11T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-03-13T15:34:19+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13T18:19:55+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-14T18:44:16+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Greenlick. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-14T18:45:16+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Leif.
- **2019-03-18T16:12:54+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21T16:14:44+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-13T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-20T15:45:50+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-20T17:44:52+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21T16:53:45+00:00** Carried over to 05-22 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-05-22T18:06:52+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hass. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-23T19:14:06+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-23T22:40:59+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-30T23:17:54+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10T15:43:41+00:00** Chapter 190, (2019 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9096a73-7ea0-4ef1-bfd0-51a054aae3aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).