republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2021-regular-session/sb-416.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to courses offered as part of associate degree program."
description: "<i>Requires</i>]<b> Permits</b> community colleges to allow each criminal justice course <i>offered</i>]<b> approved</b> by <b>curriculum committee of</b> college to be eligible course for social science cluster portion of associate degree. Requires public universities to <b>accept as general education courses any criminal justice courses credited toward completion of Associate of Arts Transfer degree or Associate of Science Transfer degree</b> <i>grant same amount of academic credit to student transferring from community college with associate degree, regardless of whether courses in social science cluster taken by student include criminal justice courses</i>]."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 416"
citation: "Oregon SB 416 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Gorsek"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-30T17:31:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f509c15-2924-4b80-a363-2dfa456e9ec0"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB416"
source_hash: "16aa1ba98a3a0fa5f687c74b05ea26c14546ede6b85939dc45c75d7cd5c3fff6"
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 416 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to courses offered as part of associate degree program.

<i>Requires</i>]<b> Permits</b> community colleges to allow each criminal justice course <i>offered</i>]<b> approved</b> by <b>curriculum committee of</b> college to be eligible course for social science cluster portion of associate degree. Requires public universities to <b>accept as general education courses any criminal justice courses credited toward completion of Associate of Arts Transfer degree or Associate of Science Transfer degree</b> <i>grant same amount of academic credit to student transferring from community college with associate degree, regardless of whether courses in social science cluster taken by student include criminal justice courses</i>].

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB416/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB416/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB416/A-Engrossed)
4. **SED Amendment -4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/19232)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB416/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Hudson. Passed. — **54–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. — **29–1** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris Gorsek — primary (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`
- **2021-03-22T22:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-29T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-08T21:34:11+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12T18:22:27+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-14T18:54:04+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14T18:55:04+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-04-15T16:55:18+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20T22:23:00+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-18T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-20T23:44:57+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-24T19:01:50+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-25T20:01:01+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 26, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-05-26T20:01:20+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 27, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-05-27T19:48:12+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 28, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-05-28T18:08:11+00:00** Carried over to June 1, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-06-01T23:21:38+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hudson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-03T18:59:08+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-04T17:31:15+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-11T17:22:29+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-30T17:07:29+00:00** Chapter 277, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-06-30T17:31:39+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2022.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f509c15-2924-4b80-a363-2dfa456e9ec0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).