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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to excused absences from school; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Provides seven days of excused absences from school if pupil is dependent of member of Armed Forces of United States who is on active duty or who is called into active duty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2556"
citation: "Oregon HB 2556 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul Evans"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-10T15:43:41+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8dd6e77-3472-41ad-b869-0d637a06a7af"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2556"
source_hash: "847be6c7cb4fa698c70e6eef95151777c70f3cd590f67cf4678fed45d93e9032"
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 2556 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to excused absences from school; and declaring an emergency.
Provides seven days of excused absences from school if pupil is dependent of member of Armed Forces of United States who is on active duty or who is called into active duty.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2556/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2556/Enrolled)
## Votes
- Heard and Reported Out — **50** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **90** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Evans. Passed. — **550** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Thomsen. Passed. — **280** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Paul Evans — primary (person)
- Cheri Helt — cosponsor (person)
- Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15T23:56:58+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03T22:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-04-09T23:28:00+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10T18:40:48+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-11T21:51:47+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Evans. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-15T16:38:34+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16T15:37:12+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-22T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-15T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-21T15:48:28+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-21T16:53:45+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-22T17:05:02+00:00** Carried over to 05-23 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-05-23T19:45:42+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Thomsen. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-24T21:34:58+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-28T20:46:10+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-04T22:28:12+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10T15:43:41+00:00** Chapter 207, (2019 Laws): Effective date July 1, 2019.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8dd6e77-3472-41ad-b869-0d637a06a7af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).