---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the wearing of Native American items of cultural significance at public school events; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Requires school district to allow students to wear Native American items of cultural significance at public school events, including high school graduation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2052"
citation: "Oregon HB 2052 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0c499c7-1e08-49a1-b164-b85cb6f40775"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2052"
source_hash: "bd6649cd4cb761ae85de7b84d1fb5ef0542045220bc80e5ffc9513fc00eaec30"
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 2052 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to the wearing of Native American items of cultural significance at public school events; and declaring an emergency.

Requires school district to allow students to wear Native American items of cultural significance at public school events, including high school graduation.

## 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/HB2052/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2052/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. — **27–1** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20T04:40:25+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-02T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-03-05T01:33:18+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-08T19:14:03+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-09T19:33:16+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-10T19:39:18+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17T16:13:56+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21T22:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-28T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-11T15:12:10+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-11T17:39:23+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-12T17:57:44+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-13T21:40:32+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-05-12T17:58:44+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-05-14T18:54:17+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-05-21T23:53:45+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 45, (2021 Laws): Effective date May 21, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0c499c7-1e08-49a1-b164-b85cb6f40775`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).