republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2021-regular-session/hb-2589.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to receiving credit for competencies demonstrated prior to enrolling in post-secondary institution of education."
description: "Requires public institutions of higher education to <i>bypass</i>]<b> have same</b> developmental educational requirements and placement tests for <i>each</i>] <b>incoming</b> student who <b>completes high school and institution determines is college ready and incoming student who received certificate for passing</b> <i>receives grade on</i>] approved high school equivalency test <b>and received grade indicating student is college ready</b> <i>indicating student is fully qualified to bypass requirements and tests</i>]."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2589"
citation: "Oregon HB 2589 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Teresa Alonso Leon"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0580e32c-cccd-427d-8464-7a72603d2776"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2589"
source_hash: "74e0194a1d55c04572888a82a74407bb8ac0bf7b281950918ad35157fd5c080d"
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 2589 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to receiving credit for competencies demonstrated prior to enrolling in post-secondary institution of education.

Requires public institutions of higher education to <i>bypass</i>]<b> have same</b> developmental educational requirements and placement tests for <i>each</i>] <b>incoming</b> student who <b>completes high school and institution determines is college ready and incoming student who received certificate for passing</b> <i>receives grade on</i>] approved high school equivalency test <b>and received grade indicating student is college ready</b> <i>indicating student is fully qualified to bypass requirements and tests</i>].

## 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/HB2589/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2589/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2589/A-Engrossed)
4. **HED Amendment -3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/18838)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2589/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. — **29–1** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Alonso Leon. Passed. — **47–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Teresa Alonso Leon — primary (person)
- Boomer Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Prusak — 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.
- **2021-03-18T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-03-22T19:07:10+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30T18:18:20+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-01T03:58:35+00:00** Carried over to April 1, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **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.
- **2021-04-10T20:31:21+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Alonso Leon. 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`
- **2021-04-19T22:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-26T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-10T15:14:19+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-10T17:16:24+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-11T19:30:45+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-11T19:31:45+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-05-13T18:07:57+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-05-14T18:54:17+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-05-21T23:53:45+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 68, (2021 Laws): Effective date January 01, 2022.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0580e32c-cccd-427d-8464-7a72603d2776`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).