republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2023r1/hb-2656.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to improvements in student success."
description: "Requires school districts to make available to students of school district specified informational surveys and to provide parents and guardians with notice and opportunity to review survey before it is administered. Allows parents or guardians to decline to have their children participate in survey, and allows students to decline to participate in survey or decline to answer individual questions of survey."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "HB 2656"
citation: "Oregon HB 2656 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nancy Nathanson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-09T16:13:56+00:00"
last_action: "2023-08-15T22:20:56+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe30b233-9e84-49b3-97c7-d48f9a1c0730"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/HB2656"
source_hash: "68a257835bdc2d416371d5d5e0c8a3df0d1c2ae4016b9b121c81765cc5f3a7bd"
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 HB 2656 (2023R1) — Relating to improvements in student success.

Requires school districts to make available to students of school district specified informational surveys and to provide parents and guardians with notice and opportunity to review survey before it is administered. Allows parents or guardians to decline to have their children participate in survey, and allows students to decline to participate in survey or decline to answer individual questions of survey.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2656/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2656/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2656/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2656/B-Engrossed)
5. **HED Amendment -4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/23636)
6. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2656/House%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
7. **JWM Amendment -A6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/25195)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2656/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Nathanson. Passed. — **39–16** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–2** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. — **19–5** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **34–12** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Nancy Nathanson — primary (person)
- Ben Bowman — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Jules Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Khanh Pham — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09T16:13:56+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13T19:56:52+00:00** Referred to Education with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-03-27T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-03-28T23:07:45+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28T23:07:46+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-24T16:21:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Education. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-30T15:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2023-05-30T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-06-01T00:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-06-05T14:58:21+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-07T18:26:35+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-07T19:38:06+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 8, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-06-08T18:24:04+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Nathanson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-15T18:26:05+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-15T20:39:58+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20T19:53:34+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-21T00:07:02+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-22T02:43:40+00:00** Carried over to 06-22 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-06-23T01:14:05+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-25T23:01:27+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-27T18:54:47+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-08-01T01:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-08-15T22:20:56+00:00** Chapter 505, (2023 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2024.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe30b233-9e84-49b3-97c7-d48f9a1c0730`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).