---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to hazing at institutions of higher education."
description: "Requires <b>each</b> community <b>college</b> <i>colleges</i>] and <b>each college and university</b> <i>universities</i>] operating in this state that <b>offers baccalaureate degree programs and receives</b> <i>receive</i>] state financial aid to adopt written policy on hazing, provide on-campus policy training on hazing and annually report to <i>Higher Education Coordinating Commission</i>]<b> Legislative Assembly</b> number of hazing incidents reported and investigated by community college<b>, college</b> or university during previous academic year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2519"
citation: "Oregon HB 2519 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Margaret Doherty"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
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/37638b87-374c-45e0-9576-a41822d08cc9"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2519"
source_hash: "6368cbffe24cb900e4a85c9da2baa4cee44065fafaa59785291face365d00efa"
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 2519 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to hazing at institutions of higher education.

Requires <b>each</b> community <b>college</b> <i>colleges</i>] and <b>each college and university</b> <i>universities</i>] operating in this state that <b>offers baccalaureate degree programs and receives</b> <i>receive</i>] state financial aid to adopt written policy on hazing, provide on-campus policy training on hazing and annually report to <i>Higher Education Coordinating Commission</i>]<b> Legislative Assembly</b> number of hazing incidents reported and investigated by community college<b>, college</b> or university during previous academic year.

## 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.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2519/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2519/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2519/A-Engrossed)
4. **HED Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/14697)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2519/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Doherty. Passed. — **55–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Margaret Doherty — primary (person)
- Caddy McKeown — cosponsor (person)
- Cheri Helt — cosponsor (person)
- Courtney Neron — 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`
- **2019-01-15T23:56:58+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-01T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-08T19:14:54+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-09T18:19:31+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-10T18:47:17+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 11, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-04-11T18:34:05+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Doherty. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-15T16:38:34+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16T15:37:12+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-20T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-23T15:39:26+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-23T17:54:18+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-23T23:09:36+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-28T16:12:38+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-28T20:46:10+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-04T22:28:12+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10T15:43:41+00:00** Chapter 206, (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/37638b87-374c-45e0-9576-a41822d08cc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).