---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to tuition and fees for public universities; and declaring an emergency."
description: "</b> </i>] [<i>Permits certain public universities in this state to increase tuition and fees without the approval of the Higher Education Coordinating Commission.</i>] <b>Permits the governing boards of certain universities in this state to establish a tuition rate for certain qualifying students participating in a program developed by the boards for cooperation in higher education and economic development with certain countries in East Asia. Requires the rate of tuition to be a specified amount. Permits the boards to establish fees for services used by the students and the requirements for a student to be qualified. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.</b>"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "HB 2649"
citation: "Oregon HB 2649 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul Evans"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-24T02:30:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d90ce4d7-298f-44be-8432-b27f74a4d316"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2649"
source_hash: "0c7c29e9283b194344f9e6cfe4809b9949cf99c3039990bf64ed93b9a6eb44ee"
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 2649 (2025R1) — Relating to tuition and fees for public universities; and declaring an emergency.

</b> </i>] [<i>Permits certain public universities in this state to increase tuition and fees without the approval of the Higher Education Coordinating Commission.</i>] <b>Permits the governing boards of certain universities in this state to establish a tuition rate for certain qualifying students participating in a program developed by the boards for cooperation in higher education and economic development with certain countries in East Asia. Requires the rate of tuition to be a specified amount. Permits the boards to establish fees for services used by the students and the requirements for a student to be qualified. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.</b>

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2649/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2649/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2649/A-Engrossed)
4. **HHED Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/28032)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2649/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Wright. Passed. — **42–9** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed. — **26–3** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Paul Evans — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-17T20:47:46+00:00** Referred to Higher Education and Workforce Development. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-04-03T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-04-08T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-04-14T21:18:25+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-15T18:26:09+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16T19:50:15+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 17, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-04-17T22:37:43+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Wright. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-21T18:38:45+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-21T21:55:42+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-05T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-05-14T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-20T16:44:04+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-20T18:17:00+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-21T19:19:17+00:00** Carried over to 05-22 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-05-22T19:23:08+00:00** Carried over to 05-23 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-05-27T19:17:19+00:00** Carried over to 05-28 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-05-28T20:29:31+00:00** Carried over to 05-29 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-05-29T21:59:57+00:00** Carried over to 06-02 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-02T19:24:16+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-03T17:29:53+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-03T22:25:52+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-11T23:16:13+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-24T02:30:47+00:00** Chapter 299, (2025 Laws): Effective date June 11, 2025.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d90ce4d7-298f-44be-8432-b27f74a4d316`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).