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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to instruction in civics; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Encourages school districts and public charter schools to offer students courses or other educational opportunities in civics."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2219"
citation: "Oregon HB 2219 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gene Whisnant"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b64033af-cba8-4ce5-abfb-afe3f2c5bd27"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2219"
source_hash: "5d40844052d54937f788bcfe4c94d2d181ca6f8917ce509eeb5592262d63f608"
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 2219 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to instruction in civics; and prescribing an effective date.
Encourages school districts and public charter schools to offer students courses or other educational opportunities in civics.
## 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.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2219/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2219/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2219/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2219/B-Engrossed)
5. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2219/Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2219/Enrolled)
## Votes
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **50** (pass) · legislature
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **580** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **90** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Whisnant. Passed. — **590** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. — **270** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Gene Whisnant — primary (person)
- Bill Post — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Barreto — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nearman — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18T01:55:48+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-20T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-01T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-03-07T00:21:34+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07T17:18:55+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-08T19:22:47+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Whisnant. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-09T17:15:00+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13T15:57:47+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-16T22:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-18T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-19T20:10:43+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill to resolve conflicts. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-22T18:17:55+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-23T18:52:16+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-25T18:27:54+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2017-05-30T19:37:53+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-30T22:55:39+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-08T21:41:07+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00** Chapter 263, (2017 Laws): Effective date July 1, 2018.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b64033af-cba8-4ce5-abfb-afe3f2c5bd27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).