---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the recognition of classified school employees."
description: "Provides that first full week in March is known as Classified School Employees Week."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "HB 2708"
citation: "Oregon HB 2708 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Courtney Neron", "James Manning Jr."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-09T16:13:56+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-16T23:52:40+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66d4adfb-c01b-48ac-b3c0-d0c30a14e6bb"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/HB2708"
source_hash: "b12c6012462edec55b233704a65d49a2c1ea6a097d20a2b98f08b6e355da97cc"
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 2708 (2023R1) — Relating to the recognition of classified school employees.

Provides that first full week in March is known as Classified School Employees Week.

## 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/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2708/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2708/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Neron. Passed. — **51–6** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. — **26–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Courtney Neron — primary (person)
- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
- Andrea Valderrama — cosponsor (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Kropf — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Ricki Ruiz — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Wagner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09T16:13:56+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13T19:56:52+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-02-28T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-03-01T18:12:18+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02T19:40:17+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-06T20:12:16+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Neron. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-07T18:20:31+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08T20:22:32+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-03-21T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-03-27T17:18:27+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27T17:34:50+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-28T19:10:40+00:00** Carried over to 03-29 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-03-29T20:10:13+00:00** Carried over to 03-30 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-03-30T19:25:50+00:00** Carried over to 04-03 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-04-03T17:34:01+00:00** Carried over to 04-04 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-04-04T17:33:44+00:00** Carried over to 04-05 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-04-05T19:55:09+00:00** Carried over to 04-06 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-04-06T20:01:02+00:00** Carried over to 04-10 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-04-11T03:43:03+00:00** Carried over to 04-11 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-04-12T03:34:40+00:00** Carried over to 04-12 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-04-12T23:59:19+00:00** Carried over to 04-13 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-04-13T23:20:23+00:00** Carried over to 04-17 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-04-18T02:25:19+00:00** Carried over to 04-18 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-04-18T20:06:12+00:00** Carried over to 04-19 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-04-19T20:09:27+00:00** Carried over to 04-20 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-04-20T19:19:14+00:00** Carried over to 04-24 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-04-25T01:01:24+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-26T18:53:10+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-27T19:43:55+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-05-08T19:53:23+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-16T23:52:40+00:00** Chapter 46, (2023 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2024.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66d4adfb-c01b-48ac-b3c0-d0c30a14e6bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).