---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to academic content standards for social studies."
description: "Expands list of individuals whose histories, contributions and perspectives are required to be included in social studies academic content standards and in related textbooks and instructional materials."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "HB 2905"
citation: "Oregon HB 2905 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Gomberg"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-09T16:13:56+00:00"
last_action: "2023-07-26T17:51:21+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c1e47b2-8460-4140-ba55-d6bb2d8ee740"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/HB2905"
source_hash: "e31060a1fb83e57b3b69b467417ea71e67f807c0f6927a0a9b0dfe611f72d57d"
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 2905 (2023R1) — Relating to academic content standards for social studies.

Expands list of individuals whose histories, contributions and perspectives are required to be included in social studies academic content standards and in related textbooks and instructional materials.

## 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/HB2905/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2905/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Anderson. Passed. — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Gomberg — primary (person)
- Annessa Hartman — cosponsor (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Steiner — cosponsor (person)
- Emerson Levy — cosponsor (person)
- Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Golden — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Holvey — 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`
- **2023-01-16T17:42:49+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-03-06T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-03-09T00:39:09+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09T19:30:01+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-13T18:33:54+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-14T19:10:54+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T20:40:15+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing Cancelled.
- **2023-04-25T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-05-09T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-06-15T15:13:33+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-15T21:55:03+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-16T19:18:31+00:00** Carried over to 06-20 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-06-21T00:07:02+00:00** Carried over to 06-21 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-06-22T02:08:21+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Anderson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-24T18:06:15+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-24T23:08:16+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-22T02:09:21+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Hansell.
- **2023-07-18T20:55:25+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-26T17:51:21+00:00** Chapter 328, (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/2c1e47b2-8460-4140-ba55-d6bb2d8ee740`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).