---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the education of foster children; declaring an emergency."
description: "Digest: Creates a program for the education of students who are foster children. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2024R1"
identifier: "HB 4084"
citation: "Oregon HB 4084 (2024R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anna Scharf", "Hoa Nguyen", "Shelly Boshart Davis", "Susan McLain"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-05T16:09:01+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-28T20:51:09+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bcb6fe0f-478f-4082-b3e8-f22565147714"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/HB4084"
source_hash: "e556680737cf5e508476d6f407b07c3fde67f4037041bb2ab884bf115cb729b5"
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 HB 4084 (2024R1) — Relating to the education of foster children; declaring an emergency.

Digest: Creates a program for the education of students who are foster children. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7).

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4084/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4084/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4084/A-Engrossed)
4. **JWM Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/26201)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4084/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed. — **26–3** (pass) · upper
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Ruiz. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anna Scharf — primary (person)
- Hoa Nguyen — primary (person)
- Shelly Boshart Davis — primary (person)
- Susan McLain — primary (person)
- Andrea Valderrama — cosponsor (person)
- Bobby Levy — cosponsor (person)
- Boomer Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Christine Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Court Boice — cosponsor (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Bonham — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Emerson Levy — cosponsor (person)
- Emily McIntire — cosponsor (person)
- Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Kropf — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Golden — cosponsor (person)
- John Lively — cosponsor (person)
- Jules Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Lieber — cosponsor (person)
- Kayse Jama — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Helm — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Mannix — cosponsor (person)
- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Owens — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Sosa — cosponsor (person)
- Ricki Ruiz — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Gelser Blouin — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne Weber — cosponsor (person)
- Thuy Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Cramer — cosponsor (person)
- Wlnsvey Campos — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05T16:09:01+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05T19:10:57+00:00** Referred to Education with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-12T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2024-02-14T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-02-19T23:01:43+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-19T23:01:44+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27T15:40:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Education. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28T16:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2024-02-28T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-03-01T18:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-03-01T23:23:37+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-04T19:41:38+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04T22:52:46+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Ruiz. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-05T18:36:39+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05T20:17:17+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06T16:51:07+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-06T19:01:51+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-06T19:39:21+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-07T21:16:50+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-08T00:02:53+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-27T21:05:22+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28T20:51:09+00:00** Chapter 33, (2024 Laws): Effective date March 27, 2024.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bcb6fe0f-478f-4082-b3e8-f22565147714`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).