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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to determination of eligibility for public benefits of higher education savings account owner; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Specifies that amount in account established for higher education expenses is disregarded for purposes of determining account owner's financial eligibility to receive assistance or benefit authorized by law, <b>other than means-tested state financial aid for higher education,</b> to extent permitted under federal law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 1554"
citation: "Oregon SB 1554 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Hass"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-22T18:07:44+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-11T18:56:56+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a242471-9181-419e-a976-d235cb29f736"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Measures/Overview/SB1554"
source_hash: "ffac39e3416a43fe1daca9a6feddd17b486b4c6b5f7e0cffebc93c72709dd5ba"
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 SB 1554 (2018 Regular Session) — Relating to determination of eligibility for public benefits of higher education savings account owner; and prescribing an effective date.
Specifies that amount in account established for higher education expenses is disregarded for purposes of determining account owner's financial eligibility to receive assistance or benefit authorized by law, <b>other than means-tested state financial aid for higher education,</b> to extent permitted under federal law.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1554/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1554/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1554/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1554/Enrolled)
## Votes
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed. — **490** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **90** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **70** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Hass. Passed. — **240** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Mark Hass — primary (person)
- Arnie Roblan — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Smith Warner — cosponsor (person)
- Betsy Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Caddy McKeown — cosponsor (person)
- Chuck Riley — cosponsor (person)
- Chuck Thomsen — cosponsor (person)
- Cliff Bentz — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Dennis Linthicum — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Steiner Hayward — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd Prozanski — cosponsor (person)
- Ginny Burdick — cosponsor (person)
- Herman Baertschiger Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Monnes Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
- Rod Monroe — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Gelser — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-22T18:07:44+00:00** Presession Released to the Public.
- **2018-02-05T15:42:35+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05T16:42:14+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2018-02-14T00:37:43+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14T18:55:36+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2018-02-15T19:25:52+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hass. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-15T22:00:21+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-19T23:44:36+00:00** Referred to Higher Education and Workforce Development. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2018-02-27T23:12:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2018-02-28T21:52:26+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-01T18:17:05+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2018-03-02T01:02:59+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 2, 2018 Calendar.
- **2018-03-03T00:19:02+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-06T23:56:11+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-07T00:24:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-04-03T20:15:14+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-11T18:48:02+00:00** Chapter 80, 2018 Laws.
- **2018-04-11T18:56:56+00:00** Effective date, June 2, 2018.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a242471-9181-419e-a976-d235cb29f736`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).