---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to diversity goals in education."
description: "Establishes state goal that percentage of diverse employees employed by Department of Education reflects percentage of diverse students in public schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2022R1"
identifier: "HB 4031"
citation: "Oregon HB 4031 (2022R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-01T15:39:06+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-01T19:44:15+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47d9b444-2fb9-4307-ad8b-acafe583d379"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Measures/Overview/HB4031"
source_hash: "22e75683cf1d088939b8a29a2c432beef0f032ab808cbd87cbcdef55963e2dab"
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 4031 (2022R1) — Relating to diversity goals in education.

Establishes state goal that percentage of diverse employees employed by Department of Education reflects percentage of diverse students in public schools.

## 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/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4031/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4031/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **3–1** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Alonso Leon. Passed. — **36–21** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **8–2** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. — **17–9** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01T15:39:06+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01T17:53:58+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01T23:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2022-02-10T23:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2022-02-14T17:53:53+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-14T19:19:21+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15T20:53:36+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to February 16, 2022 Calendar.
- **2022-02-16T19:29:49+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Alonso Leon. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-16T20:50:02+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16T19:30:49+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Scharf.
- **2022-02-18T00:56:53+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2022-02-24T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2022-02-25T15:46:17+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-25T19:10:09+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-28T21:55:45+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-02T19:57:02+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-02T20:49:56+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-23T22:09:35+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-01T19:44:15+00:00** Chapter 44, (2022 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2023.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47d9b444-2fb9-4307-ad8b-acafe583d379`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).