---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Designates November 14 of each year as Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day. Declares an emergency, effective on passage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "SB 450"
citation: "Oregon SB 450 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Bowman", "Deb Patterson", "James Manning Jr.", "Lew Frederick", "Shannon Isadore", "Tom Andersen", "Travis Nelson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-23T19:08:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2b0579d-9bc8-4814-8062-68dac98592b0"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB450"
source_hash: "d70901d9c00b535b54da179cfa3911e0a122e550b5d03c21f13e024ca4d8fc3a"
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 SB 450 (2025R1) — Relating to Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day; and declaring an emergency.

Designates November 14 of each year as Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

## 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/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB450/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB450/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Frederick, Patterson. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Nelson. Passed. — **52–1** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ben Bowman — primary (person)
- Deb Patterson — primary (person)
- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
- Lew Frederick — primary (person)
- Shannon Isadore — primary (person)
- Tom Andersen — primary (person)
- Travis Nelson — primary (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Emily McIntire — cosponsor (person)
- Hai Pham — cosponsor (person)
- Hoa Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Kropf — cosponsor (person)
- John Lively — cosponsor (person)
- Jules Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Lieber — cosponsor (person)
- Kayse Jama — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Mannix — cosponsor (person)
- Lesly Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
- Mari Watanabe — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
- Mike McLane — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Nathanson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Willy Chotzen — cosponsor (person)
- Zach Hudson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-17T22:13:22+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17T21:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2025-02-20T17:41:13+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20T18:51:27+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-25T19:39:49+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Frederick, Patterson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-25T20:15:15+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27T19:41:05+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-28T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-05-29T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-06-03T17:25:04+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-03T18:22:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-04T22:40:48+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 5, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-06-05T20:07:06+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 9, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-06-09T20:29:04+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 10, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-06-10T19:52:46+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 11, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-06-11T19:17:48+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Nelson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-12T19:15:49+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-12T21:28:33+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-20T19:40:51+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-23T19:03:43+00:00** Chapter 367, 2025 Laws.
- **2025-06-23T19:08:23+00:00** Effective date, June 20, 2025.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2b0579d-9bc8-4814-8062-68dac98592b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).