republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2021-regular-session/hb-2542.md

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Bill	Relating to disclosure of mandatory fees at public institutions of higher education.	Requires each public university and community college to prominently display mandatory fees charged. Requires each public university and community college to provide annual report to Higher Education Coordinating Commission detailing compliance with requirement.	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2021 Regular Session	HB 2542	Oregon HB 2542 (2021 Regular Session)	bill		enacted	Christine Drazan Deb Patterson Jeff Reardon	5	25	4	2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00	2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/42d29f35-a772-4288-88f5-c92e48aedf1e	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2542	319e9347ccbe6b59c3159edadeb21da41c64d665cdf99ca1591cf55799d88730	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon HB 2542 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to disclosure of mandatory fees at public institutions of higher education.

Requires each public university and community college to prominently display mandatory fees charged. Requires each public university and community college to provide annual report to Higher Education Coordinating Commission detailing compliance with requirement.

Version chain

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

1. House Amendments to Introduced (filed) — source
2. Introduced (filed) — source
3. A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. HED Amendment -2 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Heard and Reported Out — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Third reading. Carried by Reardon. Passed. — 46–0 (pass) · lower
• Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. — 24–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Christine Drazan — primary (person)
• Deb Patterson — primary (person)
• Jeff Reardon — primary (person)
• Boomer Wright — cosponsor (person)
• Brian Clem — cosponsor (person)
• Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
• David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
• E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
• Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
• Lily Morgan — cosponsor (person)
• Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
• Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
• Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
• Paul Holvey — cosponsor (person)
• Rachel Prusak — cosponsor (person)
• Rep Leif — cosponsor (person)
• Suzanne Weber — cosponsor (person)
• Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person)
• Wlnsvey Campos — 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. referral-committee
• 2021-02-25T21:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2021-03-25T20:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2021-03-29T22:28:24+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-31T18:47:35+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2021-04-02T04:09:35+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to April 5, 2021 Calendar.
• 2021-04-06T04:04:34+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to April 6, 2021 Calendar.
• 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.
• 2021-04-11T01:08:00+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Reardon. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-12T18:26:27+00:00 First reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-04-15T20:29:47+00:00 Referred to Education. referral-committee
• 2021-05-03T22:16:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2021-05-10T22:17:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2021-05-19T15:17:00+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-19T17:40:24+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2021-05-20T19:01:30+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-20T19:02:30+00:00 Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
• 2021-05-25T16:25:19+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2021-05-27T17:41:35+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2021-06-03T19:03:36+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00 Chapter 158, (2021 Laws): Effective date January 01, 2022.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/42d29f35-a772-4288-88f5-c92e48aedf1e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).