---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to applying to post-secondary institutions of education; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Prohibits public or private post-secondary institution of education from requiring prospective student to disclose whether prospective student has criminal conviction before institution makes final determination on whether to admit student."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 713"
citation: "Oregon SB 713 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Manning Jr.", "Lew Frederick", "Michael Dembrow"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-22T16:29:52+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-30T17:39:51+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f8ed5cc-783c-4b0f-baef-7cd0f71f5737"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB713"
source_hash: "6f3f5f242f5b20046faa71b5464c1796c345411d0a58bd03e8d7ae8e737dcf6f"
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 713 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to applying to post-secondary institutions of education; and declaring an emergency.

Prohibits public or private post-secondary institution of education from requiring prospective student to disclose whether prospective student has criminal conviction before institution makes final determination on whether to admit student.

## 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/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB713/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB713/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB713/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB713/B-Engrossed)
5. **HED Amendment -A3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/20895)
6. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB713/House%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
7. **SED Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/19021)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB713/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed. — **31–20** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **6–3** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. — **17–10** (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — **16–13** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **3–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
- Lew Frederick — primary (person)
- Michael Dembrow — primary (person)
- Anna Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
- Ricki Ruiz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-22T16:29:52+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28T01:02:47+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08T23:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-29T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-13T19:48:09+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14T17:50:57+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15T20:01:34+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-16T02:32:30+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T20:02:34+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-04-20T22:23:00+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-20T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-24T21:26:46+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-26T18:51:55+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-27T19:48:12+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 28, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-05-28T18:08:11+00:00** Carried over to June 1, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-06-01T23:46:45+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 2, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-06-02T23:39:39+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-07T17:52:47+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
- **2021-06-07T17:53:47+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-06-08T20:24:56+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-09T15:20:21+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-15T17:23:57+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-30T17:36:37+00:00** Chapter 341, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-06-30T17:39:51+00:00** Effective date, June 15, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f8ed5cc-783c-4b0f-baef-7cd0f71f5737`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).