republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2021-regular-session/sb-551.md

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Bill	Relating to employees at public institutions of higher education; and declaring an emergency.	Provides that part-time faculty member at public institution of higher education <b>qualifies for employee-only health care benefits if part-time faculty member works at level equal to at least half of full-time equivalent employee during at least three of four previous academic terms.</b> <i>who qualifies for health care benefits will</i>]<b> Requires part-time faculty member to </b>pay 10 percent of insurance premiums for employee coverage.	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2021 Regular Session	SB 551	Oregon SB 551 (2021 Regular Session)	bill		enacted	Kate Lieber Michael Dembrow Rob Wagner Susan McLain	5	24	4	2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00	2021-08-20T17:10:35+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/0d61ab39-d856-406c-8d25-e1220da13a5b	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB551	aa134a771709e1d43e40bfcb805cd07c244c6381d9f467e7efa86306fb19af53	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon SB 551 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to employees at public institutions of higher education; and declaring an emergency.

Provides that part-time faculty member at public institution of higher education qualifies for employee-only health care benefits if part-time faculty member works at level equal to at least half of full-time equivalent employee during at least three of four previous academic terms. who qualifies for health care benefits will] Requires part-time faculty member to pay 10 percent of insurance premiums for employee coverage.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 38–6 (pass) · legislature
• Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. — 20–9 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out — 3–2 (pass) · upper
• Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by McLain. Passed. — 50–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kate Lieber — primary (person)
• Michael Dembrow — primary (person)
• Rob Wagner — primary (person)
• Susan McLain — primary (person)
• Andrea Valderrama — cosponsor (person)
• Anna Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Bill Kennemer — cosponsor (person)
• Chris Gorsek — cosponsor (person)
• Christine Drazan — cosponsor (person)
• Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
• David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
• Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
• Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
• Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
• Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
• Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
• Paul Holvey — cosponsor (person)
• Rob Nosse — 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.

• 2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00 Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-01-19T19:35:42+00:00 Referred to Education. referral-committee
• 2021-02-22T23:16:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2021-03-01T23:17:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2021-03-04T20:45:24+00:00 Recommendation: Do Pass and be referred to Ways and Means.
• 2021-03-04T20:45:25+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President. referral-committee
• 2021-06-05T14:17:00+00:00 Assigned to Subcommittee On Education. referral-committee
• 2021-06-17T20:18:00+00:00 Returned to Full Committee.
• 2021-06-17T20:17:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2021-06-21T21:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2021-06-23T18:52:23+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-24T18:12:30+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2021-06-24T20:02:42+00:00 Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2021-06-24T22:18:47+00:00 Rules suspended. First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-06-24T23:36:54+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2021-06-25T20:40:53+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-25T21:26:13+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2021-06-25T22:20:24+00:00 Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by McLain. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2021-06-29T19:32:41+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2021-07-01T17:35:29+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2021-06-24T20:03:42+00:00 Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
• 2021-07-19T22:29:00+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2021-08-20T17:05:08+00:00 Chapter 583, 2021 Laws.
• 2021-08-20T17:10:35+00:00 Effective date, July 19, 2021.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0d61ab39-d856-406c-8d25-e1220da13a5b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).