republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2026r1/hb-4124.md

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Bill	Relating to the state post-secondary education system; and declaring an emergency.	</b> </i>] Directs the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to conduct a study of the condition of Oregon's post-secondary education system and to develop detailed recommendations for the design, implementation and operation of a viable and superior institutional framework. [<i>Directs the commission to submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to higher education on or before December 1, 2026.</i>] <b>Directs the commission to submit a preliminary report by October 1, 2026, and a final report by April 1, 2027, to the interim or regular committees of the Legislative Assembly related to higher education.</b> Declares an emergency, effective on passage.	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2026R1	HB 4124	Oregon HB 4124 (2026R1)	bill		enacted	Anthony Broadman Deb Patterson Janeen Sollman Jeff Golden Lisa Fragala Pam Marsh Paul Evans Rob Wagner Sarah McDonald Sue Rieke Smith Tom Andersen	8	22	4	2026-02-02T16:50:03+00:00	2026-04-06T17:33:05+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/ddcccee5-c5a5-49d7-9634-21cea8ace860	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/HB4124	e518e18354cf11008aaac66ad4cf3355cf4462a5d53352f72ddd964892cfe242	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon HB 4124 (2026R1) — Relating to the state post-secondary education system; and declaring an emergency.

] Directs the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to conduct a study of the condition of Oregon's post-secondary education system and to develop detailed recommendations for the design, implementation and operation of a viable and superior institutional framework. [Directs the commission to submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to higher education on or before December 1, 2026.] Directs the commission to submit a preliminary report by October 1, 2026, and a final report by April 1, 2027, to the interim or regular committees of the Legislative Assembly related to higher education. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

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. HED Amendment -4 (committee substitute) — source
6. House Amendments to A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
7. JWM Amendment -A5 (committee substitute) — source
8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 38–4 (pass) · legislature
• Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed. — 18–12 (pass) · upper
• Third reading. Carried by Marsh. Passed. — 36–6 (pass) · lower
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Anthony Broadman — primary (person)
• Deb Patterson — primary (person)
• Janeen Sollman — primary (person)
• Jeff Golden — primary (person)
• Lisa Fragala — primary (person)
• Pam Marsh — primary (person)
• Paul Evans — primary (person)
• Rob Wagner — primary (person)
• Sarah McDonald — primary (person)
• Sue Rieke Smith — primary (person)
• Tom Andersen — primary (person)
• Ben Bowman — cosponsor (person)
• Bobby Levy — cosponsor (person)
• Darin Harbick — cosponsor (person)
• James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Jules Walters — cosponsor (person)
• Kim Wallan — cosponsor (person)
• Lamar Wise — cosponsor (person)
• Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
• Mari Watanabe — cosponsor (person)
• Nathan Sosa — cosponsor (person)
• Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
• Suzanne Weber — cosponsor (person)
• Todd Nash — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2026-02-02T16:50:03+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-02T17:51:51+00:00 Referred to Education with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2026-02-04T16:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2026-02-11T16:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2026-02-12T23:21:28+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-12T23:22:51+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. referral-committee
• 2026-02-19T00:47:00+00:00 Assigned to Subcommittee On Education. referral-committee
• 2026-02-24T21:48:00+00:00 Returned to Full Committee.
• 2026-02-24T21:47:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2026-02-25T17:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2026-02-25T22:20:06+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-26T19:18:29+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2026-02-27T21:36:31+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Marsh. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-02T19:48:26+00:00 First reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-03-02T20:14:46+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2026-03-03T17:05:34+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-03T19:11:21+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2026-03-04T23:27:40+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-05T21:30:14+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2026-03-06T16:59:18+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2026-03-31T21:07:00+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2026-04-06T17:33:05+00:00 Chapter 62, (2026 Laws): Effective date March 31, 2026.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ddcccee5-c5a5-49d7-9634-21cea8ace860. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).