republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2021-regular-session/hb-2536.md

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Bill	Relating to school meals provided at no charge to students; and declaring an emergency.	Requires school or school district to offer lunches and breakfasts at no charge to student if school or school district meets requirements of special provisions of federal meal program or if student is from household with income that does not exceed 300 percent of federal poverty guidelines. Clarifies reimbursement rate to schools and school districts that offer breakfast or lunch at no charge to student.	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2021 Regular Session	HB 2536	Oregon HB 2536 (2021 Regular Session)	bill		enacted	Courtney Neron Jeff Reardon Ricki Ruiz	2	27	4	2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00	2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/4d50e85c-b2f2-4c7a-a8cc-035e0522b109	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2536	1a9d0a11ce25ce95aa6500f0d5bd701156ab49ff6c2e5ed495a823741ce1b57b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon HB 2536 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to school meals provided at no charge to students; and declaring an emergency.

Requires school or school district to offer lunches and breakfasts at no charge to student if school or school district meets requirements of special provisions of federal meal program or if student is from household with income that does not exceed 300 percent of federal poverty guidelines. Clarifies reimbursement rate to schools and school districts that offer breakfast or lunch at no charge to student.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third reading. Carried by Robinson. Passed. — 27–2 (pass) · upper
• Third reading. Carried by Reardon. Passed. — 57–0 (pass) · lower
• Heard and Reported Out — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out — 9–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Courtney Neron — primary (person)
• Jeff Reardon — primary (person)
• Ricki Ruiz — primary (person)
• Andrea Valderrama — cosponsor (person)
• Anna Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Boomer Wright — cosponsor (person)
• Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
• Christine Drazan — cosponsor (person)
• Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
• David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Jack Zika — cosponsor (person)
• Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
• Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
• Karin Power — cosponsor (person)
• Lily Morgan — cosponsor (person)
• Lisa Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Owens — cosponsor (person)
• Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
• Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
• Rachel Prusak — cosponsor (person)
• Rep Leif — cosponsor (person)
• Sheri Schouten — cosponsor (person)
• Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person)
• Wlnsvey Campos — cosponsor (person)
• Zach Hudson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-01-20T04:40:25+00:00 Referred to Education with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2021-03-16T20:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2021-03-30T20:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2021-04-01T23:14:44+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass and subsequent referral to Ways and Means be rescinded. committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-01T23:14:45+00:00 Subsequent referral to Ways and Means rescinded by order of the Speaker.
• 2021-04-05T18:04:11+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2021-04-07T04:05:06+00:00 Carried over to April 7, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
• 2021-04-08T03:53:10+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to April 8, 2021 Calendar.
• 2021-04-09T03:59:54+00:00 Carried over to April 9, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
• 2021-04-10T02:51:56+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to April 10, 2021 Calendar.
• 2021-04-11T01:13:11+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to April 12, 2021 Calendar.
• 2021-04-13T04:23:16+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to April 13, 2021 Calendar.
• 2021-04-14T04:08:45+00:00 Carried over to April 14, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
• 2021-04-14T19:59:49+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Reardon. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-15T20:17:12+00:00 First reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-04-19T19:07:56+00:00 Referred to Education. referral-committee
• 2021-05-05T22:16:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2021-05-12T22:17:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2021-05-17T15:11:53+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-17T17:42:44+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2021-05-18T19:37:50+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Robinson. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-20T15:31:20+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2021-05-18T19:38:50+00:00 Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
• 2021-05-25T17:04:30+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2021-06-01T21:24:13+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00 Chapter 119, (2021 Laws): Effective date July 01, 2021.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4d50e85c-b2f2-4c7a-a8cc-035e0522b109. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).