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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to procedures for the reduction of educator staff; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Requires school district that is making reductions in educator staff positions to retain teacher with less seniority if <i>teacher has more merit and if retention of teacher is necessary to maintain school district's diversity ratio</i>]<b> release of teacher would result in lesser proportion of teachers with cultural or linguistic expertise</b>."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2001"
citation: "Oregon HB 2001 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tina Kotek"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-26T18:05:02+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca46b374-8bd9-4de7-a534-5fac2fb56d8b"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2001"
source_hash: "1dbdf1fbef5d51c6999fbce716e8b3d446fec14043f21de177a96e21cc259f21"
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 2001 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to procedures for the reduction of educator staff; and declaring an emergency.
Requires school district that is making reductions in educator staff positions to retain teacher with less seniority if <i>teacher has more merit and if retention of teacher is necessary to maintain school district's diversity ratio</i>]<b> release of teacher would result in lesser proportion of teachers with cultural or linguistic expertise</b>.
## 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/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2001/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2001/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2001/A-Engrossed)
4. **HRULES Amendment -7** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/20830)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2001/Enrolled)
## Votes
- Third reading. Carried by Wagner. Passed. — **208** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Speaker Kotek. Passed. — **518** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **90** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **32** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **70** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Tina Kotek — primary (person)
- Andrea Valderrama — cosponsor (person)
- Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Ricki Ruiz — cosponsor (person)
- Tawna Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-26T18:05:02+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28T23:15:47+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing cancelled.
- **2021-02-23T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-13T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-15T23:25:39+00:00** Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Rules.
- **2021-04-15T23:27:02+00:00** Referred to Rules by order of Speaker. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-30T22:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-04T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-21T22:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-21T23:30:37+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-24T18:22:19+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-25T18:48:10+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Speaker Kotek. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-25T18:49:10+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Evans.
- **2021-05-26T17:26:12+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-27T16:03:32+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2021-06-16T15:01:32+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-16T19:10:23+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-17T19:16:13+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Wagner. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-17T19:17:13+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-06-22T16:26:27+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-25T23:24:04+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-07-14T19:16:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 445, (2021 Laws): Effective date July 14, 2021.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca46b374-8bd9-4de7-a534-5fac2fb56d8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).