---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to special education for children with a low incidence disability."
description: "Directs the Department of Education to develop a formula and to submit a report related to the calculation of the cost of operating and administering a local, county or regional program of special education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "SB 868"
citation: "Oregon SB 868 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-06T21:02:48+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78580b06-0aa7-4fd3-8a9a-6bdd39f48109"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB868"
source_hash: "81093fb0ed33df1223af25718958e12b6f01b17e14a9d5b9d6488b4814acac7a"
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 868 (2025R1) — Relating to special education for children with a low incidence disability.

Directs the Department of Education to develop a formula and to submit a report related to the calculation of the cost of operating and administering a local, county or regional program of special education.

## 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/SB868/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB868/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed. — **27–2** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Dobson. Passed. — **54–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## 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 Education. `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-27T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-03-12T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-03-18T16:59:33+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18T17:52:17+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20T18:48:59+00:00** Carried over to 03-24 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-03-24T19:19:04+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-25T18:59:44+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27T17:49:27+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-16T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-04-23T22:01:00+00:00** Work Session cancelled.
- **2025-04-28T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-01T20:03:21+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-05T18:28:07+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-06T19:41:47+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 7, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-05-07T19:49:38+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 8, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-05-08T19:39:38+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Dobson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-12T19:32:38+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-12T21:47:11+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-19T21:56:32+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-06T20:52:38+00:00** Chapter 112, 2025 Laws.
- **2025-06-06T21:02:48+00:00** 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/78580b06-0aa7-4fd3-8a9a-6bdd39f48109`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).