republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2021-regular-session/sb-553.md

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Bill	Relating to higher education tuition; and declaring an emergency.	Provides that student who legally entered United States under Compact of Free Association treaty between United States and Republic of Palau, Republic of the Marshall Islands or Federated States of Micronesia and who has not previously established residence in any state or territory of United States other than Oregon qualifies for exemption from nonresident tuition and fees at public universities and is eligible to receive state and university scholarships or other financial aid.	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2021 Regular Session	SB 553	Oregon SB 553 (2021 Regular Session)	bill		enacted	Bill Hansell Michael Dembrow	8	25	4	2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00	2021-08-20T17:26:23+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/3e681f5e-86e8-4d3d-bef1-cc98a941d5f6	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB553	7d135f05c762f0846dd1b5da719358a65cf3833131aca4e5f30b500dcefe89e5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon SB 553 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to higher education tuition; and declaring an emergency.

Provides that student who legally entered United States under Compact of Free Association treaty between United States and Republic of Palau, Republic of the Marshall Islands or Federated States of Micronesia and who has not previously established residence in any state or territory of United States other than Oregon qualifies for exemption from nonresident tuition and fees at public universities and is eligible to receive state and university scholarships or other financial aid.

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. B-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. JWM Amendment -A3 (committee substitute) — source
6. SED Amendment -2 (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third reading. Carried by Levy. Passed. — 53–0 (pass) · lower
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 44–0 (pass) · legislature
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. — 28–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Hansell — primary (person)
• Michael Dembrow — primary (person)
• Barbara Smith Warner — cosponsor (person)
• Bill Kennemer — cosponsor (person)
• Bill Post — cosponsor (person)
• Bobby Levy — cosponsor (person)
• Brian Clem — cosponsor (person)
• Chuck Thomsen — cosponsor (person)
• Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
• Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
• Fred Girod — cosponsor (person)
• Jack Zika — cosponsor (person)
• Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
• Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
• Lee Beyer — cosponsor (person)
• Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Owens — cosponsor (person)
• Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
• Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
• Rob Wagner — cosponsor (person)
• Sara Gelser Blouin — cosponsor (person)
• Sheri Schouten — cosponsor (person)
• Tina Kotek — cosponsor (person)
• Wlnsvey Campos — 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
• 2021-02-08T23:16:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2021-03-15T22:17:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2021-03-23T15:53:09+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means. (Printed A-Eng.) committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-23T15:53:10+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
• 2021-06-09T20:03:00+00:00 Returned to Full Committee.
• 2021-06-09T20:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2021-06-18T15:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2021-06-21T15:15:15+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-22T16:05:00+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2021-06-23T16:03:44+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2021-06-23T16:55:22+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-06-23T18:16:14+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2021-06-24T18:59:52+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-24T22:23:06+00:00 Rules suspended. Second reading. reading-2
• 2021-06-25T04:25:32+00:00 Rules suspended. Rules suspended. Carried over to June 25, 2021 Calendar.
• 2021-06-25T19:19:25+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Levy. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2021-06-26T19:44:51+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2021-06-26T21:22:31+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2021-06-23T16:04:44+00:00 Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
• 2021-07-27T22:29:00+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2021-08-20T17:22:42+00:00 Chapter 652, 2021 Laws.
• 2021-08-20T17:26:23+00:00 Effective date, July 27, 2021.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3e681f5e-86e8-4d3d-bef1-cc98a941d5f6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).