---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to State School Fund distributions; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Extends for one year small school district grants and school district funding for foreign exchange students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2020S1"
identifier: "SB 1607"
citation: "Oregon SB 1607 (2020S1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peter Courtney"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-06-24T14:11:46+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-13T15:27:46+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f6b70bc-1a43-4336-8e14-86abc9431b6b"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2020S1/Measures/Overview/SB1607"
source_hash: "49bf3ca52f97d87b6174231057b1787b72997cffc1d4bb04720d2d1e72fcaaa9"
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 1607 (2020S1) — Relating to State School Fund distributions; and declaring an emergency.

Extends for one year small school district grants and school district funding for foreign exchange students.

## 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/2020S1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1607/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2020S1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1607/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **28–0** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Stark. Passed. — **56–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Findley. Passed. — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Peter Courtney — primary (person)
- Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- Cheri Helt — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Monnes Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-24T14:11:46+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-24T14:36:38+00:00** Referred to The First Special Session of 2020. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-24T17:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2020-06-26T07:15:25+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-26T18:16:05+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Findley. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-26T18:29:47+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-26T18:40:35+00:00** Referred to The First Special Session of 2020. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-26T20:52:06+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-27T00:02:57+00:00** Rules suspended. Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2020-06-27T02:02:21+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Stark. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-26T07:16:25+00:00** Rules suspended. Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2020-06-30T16:46:33+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-07-07T17:41:20+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-07-07T21:12:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-26T18:17:05+00:00** Vote explanation filed by Boquist.
- **2020-07-13T15:26:59+00:00** Chapter 21, 2020 Laws.
- **2020-07-13T15:27:46+00:00** Effective date, July 7, 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f6b70bc-1a43-4336-8e14-86abc9431b6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).