---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to diploma requirements."
description: "Requires students to complete one half-credit of higher education and career path skills and one half-credit of personal financial education as requirements for high school diploma."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "SB 3"
citation: "Oregon SB 3 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Brock Smith", "Kim Thatcher", "Michael Dembrow", "Rob Wagner", "Tim Knopp"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-31T19:22:10+00:00"
last_action: "2023-08-15T20:48:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7f68210-ceeb-4113-b991-a034f6d5ae4b"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/SB3"
source_hash: "c0bc716122478b50797777fff7ea72487f65d26cbdcee7b7b861a9977f7b2ad4"
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 3 (2023R1) — Relating to diploma requirements.

Requires students to complete one half-credit of higher education and career path skills and one half-credit of personal financial education as requirements for high school diploma.

## 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/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB3/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB3/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB3/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB3/B-Engrossed)
5. **JWM Amendment -A5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/25194)
6. **SED Amendment -3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/23632)
7. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB3/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB3/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **44–2** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Ruiz. Passed. — **42–7** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Knopp, President Wagner. Passed. — **24–1** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **6–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Brock Smith — primary (person)
- Kim Thatcher — primary (person)
- Michael Dembrow — primary (person)
- Rob Wagner — primary (person)
- Tim Knopp — primary (person)
- Ben Bowman — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Steiner — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Owens — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Sosa — cosponsor (person)
- Ricki Ruiz — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Cramer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31T19:22:10+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01T21:29:39+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-03-30T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-04-03T22:11:10+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03T22:12:33+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-22T16:36:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Education. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-30T15:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2023-05-30T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-06-01T00:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-06-05T18:50:21+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-15T21:55:03+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-16T19:18:31+00:00** Carried over to 06-20 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-06-20T18:02:24+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Knopp, President Wagner. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-20T21:15:51+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20T23:02:59+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21T20:15:42+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-21T22:44:21+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-21T23:03:43+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Ruiz. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-23T17:11:56+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-23T23:57:27+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-20T18:03:24+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Knopp.
- **2023-08-01T00:45:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-08-15T20:43:00+00:00** Chapter 564, 2023 Laws.
- **2023-08-15T20:48:00+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2024.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7f68210-ceeb-4113-b991-a034f6d5ae4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).