---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to higher education; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Extends definition of \"education employer\" for purposes of statutory public service loan forgiveness program responsibilities to include community colleges and public universities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2022R1"
identifier: "SB 1572"
citation: "Oregon SB 1572 (2022R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rob Wagner", "Sara Gelser Blouin"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-01T15:05:58+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-01T17:10:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85337aed-5009-4100-ba82-8b6fc381cb52"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Measures/Overview/SB1572"
source_hash: "94f007fe85ef9cc5867d7c05832084f6cb33e06a942e198823b3cd3e3c2d1f2a"
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 1572 (2022R1) — Relating to higher education; and declaring an emergency.

Extends definition of "education employer" for purposes of statutory public service loan forgiveness program responsibilities to include community colleges and public universities.

## 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/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1572/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1572/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1572/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1572/B-Engrossed)
5. **HED Amendment -A5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/22298)
6. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1572/House%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
7. **SED Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/21960)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1572/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Neron. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. — **24–2** (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — **21–4** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rob Wagner — primary (person)
- Sara Gelser Blouin — primary (person)
- Chris Gorsek — cosponsor (person)
- Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Kropf — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Sheri Schouten — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Nelson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01T15:05:58+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01T16:27:56+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2022-02-10T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2022-02-14T20:10:08+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15T19:41:29+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15T20:32:29+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15T20:49:45+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16T20:07:13+00:00** Referred to Education with subsequent referral to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22T23:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2022-02-24T23:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2022-02-28T19:03:11+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed B-Engrossed, and subsequent referral to Rules be rescinded. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-28T19:03:12+00:00** Subsequent referral to Rules rescinded by order of the Speaker.
- **2022-02-28T23:19:59+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02T00:09:31+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Neron. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-02T16:24:30+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
- **2022-03-02T16:25:30+00:00** Thatcher granted unanimous consent to change vote from aye to nay.
- **2022-03-03T23:01:17+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-02T16:26:30+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Lawrence Spence.
- **2022-03-04T01:49:20+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-24T18:16:55+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-01T17:03:00+00:00** Chapter 100, 2022 Laws.
- **2022-04-01T17:10:00+00:00** Effective date, March 23, 2022.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85337aed-5009-4100-ba82-8b6fc381cb52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).