---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to student athletes; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Modifies provisions of law related to compensation for student athletes enrolled in a post-secondary institution of education. <b>Declares an emergency, effective on passage.</b>"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "HB 3694"
citation: "Oregon HB 3694 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Manning Jr.", "John Lively"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 35
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-02-25T19:45:35+00:00"
last_action: "2025-07-25T17:45:38+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8faabaf-2092-4fb7-8985-98fb4f713d19"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3694"
source_hash: "faaf78160c1950d1d16c006d890212e6636c7e4f6460492047e700903f83fef6"
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 3694 (2025R1) — Relating to student athletes; and declaring an emergency.

Modifies provisions of law related to compensation for student athletes enrolled in a post-secondary institution of education. <b>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/HB3694/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3694/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3694/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3694/B-Engrossed)
5. **Conference Committee Amendments to B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3694/Conference%20Committee%20Amendments%20to%20B-Engrossed)
6. **HB3694 Amendment -B6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/29494)
7. **HHED Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/27417)
8. **SED Amendment -A3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/28973)
9. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3694/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
10. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3694/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Repassed. — **33–7** (pass) · lower
- House refused to concur in Senate amendments. — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Lively. Passed. — **46–9** (pass) · lower
- Senate adopted Conference Committee Report and repassed bill. — **17–11** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Weber. Passed. — **16–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
- John Lively — primary (person)
- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Andersen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-25T19:45:35+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27T19:41:05+00:00** Referred to Higher Education and Workforce Development. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-04-01T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-04-04T20:10:33+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07T18:34:06+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-08T19:23:13+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 9, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-04-09T19:09:30+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 10, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-04-10T21:34:56+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Lively. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T16:19:36+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14T20:36:04+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-05-14T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-16T17:21:13+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-19T18:21:23+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-20T19:31:29+00:00** Carried over to 05-21 by unanimous consent.
- **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.
- **2025-06-02T19:01:09+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Weber. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-03T17:58:16+00:00** House refused to concur in Senate amendments.
- **2025-06-03T17:59:16+00:00** Representatives Lively, Harbick, Hudson appointed House conferees.
- **2025-06-03T18:00:16+00:00** Senators Frederick, Manning Jr, Weber appointed Senate conferees.
- **2025-06-09T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-06-11T18:06:00+00:00** Conference Committee Report distributed in Senate.
- **2025-06-11T17:57:27+00:00** Conference Committee Recommendation: House concur in Senate amendments dated May 16, 2025 and bill be further amended and repassed.
- **2025-06-13T20:26:54+00:00** House adopted Conference Committee Report.
- **2025-06-13T20:30:37+00:00** Repassed.
- **2025-06-16T18:34:16+00:00** Senate adopted Conference Committee Report and repassed bill.
- **2025-06-18T19:59:18+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-18T22:25:27+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-26T18:59:45+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-25T17:45:38+00:00** Chapter 448, (2025 Laws): Effective date June 26, 2025.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8faabaf-2092-4fb7-8985-98fb4f713d19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).