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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to open educational resources at post-secondary institutions of education; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Establishes official name of open resources program as \"Oregon's Open Educational Resources (OER) Program.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2729"
citation: "Oregon HB 2729 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gene Whisnant", "Jeff Reardon", "Mark Johnson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-01T17:23:43+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-18T18:00:20+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f3102f6-7196-487a-9314-dde0319af635"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2729"
source_hash: "55914355f7352a25894272e4034fecd1d90dd6d073810860dc6ec81a11a0d08f"
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 2729 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to open educational resources at post-secondary institutions of education; and declaring an emergency.
Establishes official name of open resources program as "Oregon's Open Educational Resources (OER) Program."
## 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/HB2729/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2729/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2729/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2729/B-Engrossed)
5. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2729/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2729/Enrolled)
## Votes
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. — **281** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **440** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **80** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Whisnant. Passed. — **590** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Gene Whisnant — primary (person)
- Jeff Reardon — primary (person)
- Mark Johnson — primary (person)
- Brian Clem — cosponsor (person)
- Caddy McKeown — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- Dallas Heard — cosponsor (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nearman — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-01T17:23:43+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06T19:53:14+00:00** Referred to Higher Education and Workforce Development with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-28T22:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-03-31T18:58:51+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-31T19:00:14+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-06-18T21:50:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Education. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-29T15:33:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2017-06-29T15:31:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-07-01T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-07-04T17:31:25+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-05T15:25:47+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-06T01:32:53+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Whisnant. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-06T15:10:01+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-06T17:50:09+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-07T14:39:48+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-07T16:05:54+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-07T16:18:47+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-18T16:16:37+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-18T20:25:51+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-08-15T19:02:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-18T18:00:20+00:00** Chapter 708, (2017 Laws): Effective date August 15, 2017.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f3102f6-7196-487a-9314-dde0319af635`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).