---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to high school diploma requirements."
description: "Digest: Allows a student who has finished an IB program to not have to meet some requirements for a high school diploma. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.6)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2024R1"
identifier: "HB 4137"
citation: "Oregon HB 4137 (2024R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hai Pham", "Lisa Reynolds", "Maxine Dexter", "Sen Steiner", "Tom Andersen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-05T16:09:01+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-12T18:10:56+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20ac063c-d8b0-4f8a-825e-e0a00dda73cb"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/HB4137"
source_hash: "d609fe8299f0c4be8aeb5f39435424b1d1228af73a2339426ab39b5f1b669a0a"
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 4137 (2024R1) — Relating to high school diploma requirements.

Digest: Allows a student who has finished an IB program to not have to meet some requirements for a high school diploma. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.6).

## 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/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4137/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4137/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Reynolds. Passed. — **54–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hai Pham — primary (person)
- Lisa Reynolds — primary (person)
- Maxine Dexter — primary (person)
- Sen Steiner — primary (person)
- Tom Andersen — primary (person)
- Andrea Valderrama — cosponsor (person)
- Annessa Hartman — cosponsor (person)
- Ben Bowman — cosponsor (person)
- Boomer Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Court Boice — cosponsor (person)
- Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
- Emily McIntire — cosponsor (person)
- Hoa Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Kropf — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Mannix — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Nathanson — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Knopp — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Cramer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05T16:09:01+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05T19:10:57+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-12T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2024-02-14T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-02-15T00:23:10+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15T19:38:45+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-15T20:30:27+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Reynolds. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-19T19:11:02+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19T21:28:37+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2024-02-22T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-02-26T17:15:16+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26T20:09:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27T20:28:16+00:00** Carried over to 02-28 by unanimous consent.
- **2024-02-28T19:59:18+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-01T18:21:14+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-01T18:47:44+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07T22:19:39+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-12T18:10:56+00:00** Chapter 4, (2024 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2025.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20ac063c-d8b0-4f8a-825e-e0a00dda73cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).