---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to funding for small school districts."
description: "Preserves additional funding for small school districts that merge with one or more school districts if certain conditions are met."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "HB 3135"
citation: "Oregon HB 3135 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emily McIntire", "Mark Owens"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-24T18:12:05+00:00"
last_action: "2023-07-26T17:51:21+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77280a86-796a-4d21-8163-361e5009474b"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/HB3135"
source_hash: "7dc6e2a4f0f771dd4418b110032a411e5751eec0d3025682e6aae059f3a89c81"
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 3135 (2023R1) — Relating to funding for small school districts.

Preserves additional funding for small school districts that merge with one or more school districts if certain conditions are met.

## 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/HB3135/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3135/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by McIntire. Passed. — **53–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed. — **24–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Emily McIntire — primary (person)
- Mark Owens — primary (person)
- Ben Bowman — cosponsor (person)
- Boomer Wright — cosponsor (person)
- David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
- Emerson Levy — cosponsor (person)
- Hoa Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- John Lively — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Ricki Ruiz — cosponsor (person)
- Zach Hudson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-24T18:12:05+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30T21:47:24+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-03-27T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-03-28T23:08:14+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29T18:56:06+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-30T19:28:07+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 3, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-04-03T19:49:10+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 4, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-04-04T19:47:51+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 5, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-04-05T19:53:18+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 6, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-04-06T19:34:32+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 10, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-04-10T20:03:43+00:00** Third reading. Carried by McIntire. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-11T03:43:03+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11T18:44:09+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-05-11T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-06-15T15:13:41+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.
- **2023-06-22T03:01:32+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-24T18:06:15+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-24T23:08:16+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-22T03:02:32+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 332, (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/77280a86-796a-4d21-8163-361e5009474b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).