republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2021-regular-session/hb-2544.md

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Bill	Relating to homeless youth; and prescribing an effective date.	Authorizes Department of Human Services to award two-year grants to organizations that provide services to unaccompanied homeless youth and to organizations that operate host home projects for unaccompanied homeless youth.	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2021 Regular Session	HB 2544	Oregon HB 2544 (2021 Regular Session)	bill		enacted	Barbara Smith Warner Bill Hansell Christine Drazan	8	24	4	2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00	2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/3b75deb9-a2ec-4336-b25c-f5bf71f4e050	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2544	1173b47fb2321e52fc65634fa598afcfc38de4e349298e000b4559182ade3246	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon HB 2544 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to homeless youth; and prescribing an effective date.

Authorizes Department of Human Services to award two-year grants to organizations that provide services to unaccompanied homeless youth and to organizations that operate host home projects for unaccompanied homeless youth.

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. B-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. HHS Amendment -1 (committee substitute) — source
6. House Amendments to A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
7. JWM Amendment -A3 (committee substitute) — source
8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 46–0 (pass) · legislature
• Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Drazan, Smith Warner. Passed. — 57–0 (pass) · lower
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Lieber. Passed. — 24–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Barbara Smith Warner — primary (person)
• Bill Hansell — primary (person)
• Christine Drazan — primary (person)
• Anna Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Bobby Levy — cosponsor (person)
• Boomer Wright — cosponsor (person)
• Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
• Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
• David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
• David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
• Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
• Duane Stark — cosponsor (person)
• Greg Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
• Jason Kropf — cosponsor (person)
• Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
• Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
• Karin Power — cosponsor (person)
• Kate Lieber — cosponsor (person)
• Khanh Pham — cosponsor (person)
• Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
• Lily Morgan — cosponsor (person)
• Lisa Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
• Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
• Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
• Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
• Rachel Prusak — cosponsor (person)
• Rep Leif — cosponsor (person)
• Rick Lewis — cosponsor (person)
• Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
• Ron Noble — cosponsor (person)
• Sara Gelser Blouin — cosponsor (person)
• Shelly Boshart Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Sheri Schouten — cosponsor (person)
• Suzanne Weber — cosponsor (person)
• Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person)
• Tim Knopp — 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 Human Services with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2021-03-01T23:16:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2021-03-31T22:17:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2021-04-06T20:48:25+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-06T20:48:26+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. referral-committee
• 2021-06-15T15:01:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2021-06-13T07:00:00+00:00 Assigned to Subcommittee on Human Services referral-committee
• 2021-06-15T22:23:00+00:00 Assigned to Subcommittee On Capital Construction. referral-committee
• 2021-06-18T20:03:00+00:00 Returned to Full Committee.
• 2021-06-18T20:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2021-06-21T21:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2021-06-23T16:21:33+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-24T17:33:17+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2021-06-25T04:44:11+00:00 Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Drazan, Smith Warner. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2021-06-25T16:16:17+00:00 First reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-06-25T16:56:24+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2021-06-26T15:41:44+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill. committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-26T17:41:37+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2021-06-26T19:10:31+00:00 Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Lieber. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2021-06-29T20:32:46+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2021-06-30T21:39:37+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2021-07-19T18:31:45+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00 Chapter 531, (2021 Laws): Effective date September 25, 2021.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3b75deb9-a2ec-4336-b25c-f5bf71f4e050. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).