---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to education; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Establishes minimum amount of distributions from Statewide Education Initiatives Account to education service districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 225"
citation: "Oregon SB 225 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 11
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00"
last_action: "2021-08-20T17:10:35+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/055dc5c3-51ee-451b-a477-d8275b3a6ffd"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB225"
source_hash: "041a3ac4a46267e3213b2e7e2842b7eeb528185d6f2b43c7450b9b71b30a2d31"
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 225 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to education; and declaring an emergency.

Establishes minimum amount of distributions from Statewide Education Initiatives Account to education service districts.

## 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/SB225/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB225/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB225/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB225/B-Engrossed)
5. **C-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB225/C-Engrossed)
6. **HRULES Amendment -B9** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/21510)
7. **House Amendments to B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB225/House%20Amendments%20to%20B-Engrossed)
8. **SED Amendment -6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/20260)
9. **SRULES Amendment -A8** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/20634)
10. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB225/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
11. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB225/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — **23–5** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Neron. Passed. — **55–3** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. — **27–1** (pass) · upper

## 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. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31T22:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-12T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-16T18:06:17+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Rules. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-16T18:06:18+00:00** Referred to Rules by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-13T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-18T20:03:33+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20T17:26:17+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-24T18:15:25+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-24T18:56:07+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24T18:16:25+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-05-27T22:16:52+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-06-21T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-22T23:07:53+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed C-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-23T17:45:52+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-24T21:55:32+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Neron. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-25T16:16:54+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
- **2021-06-26T19:44:51+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-26T21:22:31+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-25T16:17:54+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-07-19T22:29:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-20T17:05:08+00:00** Chapter 574, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-08-20T17:10:35+00:00** Effective date, July 19, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/055dc5c3-51ee-451b-a477-d8275b3a6ffd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).