---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to public charter school sponsorship."
description: "Allows an applicant for a public charter school that is a federally recognized Indian tribe in this state to directly apply to the State Board of Education for sponsorship."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "HB 3953"
citation: "Oregon HB 3953 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tawna Sanchez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-03-31T18:25:02+00:00"
last_action: "2025-07-25T17:45:38+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d0caad6-0909-48c7-b28d-628a8244fc1a"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3953"
source_hash: "7de23534c85187e1e2623e3244d4b76bedddfe23d6e312e97be0d21e0c7ff7c9"
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 3953 (2025R1) — Relating to public charter school sponsorship.

Allows an applicant for a public charter school that is a federally recognized Indian tribe in this state to directly apply to the State Board of Education for sponsorship.

## 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/HB3953/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3953/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3953/A-Engrossed)
4. **HRULES Amendment -3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/29232)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3953/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Broadman. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. — **50–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tawna Sanchez — primary (person)
- Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Mike McLane — cosponsor (person)
- Ricki Ruiz — cosponsor (person)
- Zach Hudson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-31T18:25:02+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08T01:52:25+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-21T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-05-21T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-27T17:37:20+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-28T20:23:29+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-29T19:29:19+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-29T21:23:10+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-30T00:07:47+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-06-11T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-06-16T16:33:30+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-16T21:50:24+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-17T21:49:35+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Broadman. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-19T19:52:57+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-20T18:36:02+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-26T18:59:45+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-25T17:45:38+00:00** Chapter 452, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d0caad6-0909-48c7-b28d-628a8244fc1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).