republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2023r1/hb-3031.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to ventilation quality in schools."
description: "<i>Requires Department of Education to study matters related to ventilation and energy efficiency in schools. Requires department to submit findings to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to education not later than September 15, 2024.</i>]"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "HB 3031"
citation: "Oregon HB 3031 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Courtney Neron", "Michael Dembrow"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-09T16:13:56+00:00"
last_action: "2023-08-15T22:20:56+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76921f98-5f03-403a-8c8f-99c9fff348de"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/HB3031"
source_hash: "13af818c99bffc84e46030290e9e951078879a5ed92bc83b26a33cf3749fcdc3"
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 3031 (2023R1) — Relating to ventilation quality in schools.

<i>Requires Department of Education to study matters related to ventilation and energy efficiency in schools. Requires department to submit findings to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to education not later than September 15, 2024.</i>]

## 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/HB3031/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3031/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3031/A-Engrossed)
4. **HRULES Amendment -5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/24943)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3031/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–3** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. — **20–4** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Neron. Passed. — **39–19** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Courtney Neron — primary (person)
- Michael Dembrow — primary (person)
- Annessa Hartman — cosponsor (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Emerson Levy — cosponsor (person)
- Hoa Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Kropf — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Lieber — cosponsor (person)
- Khanh Pham — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Sosa — cosponsor (person)
- Ricki Ruiz — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Andersen — cosponsor (person)
- Zach Hudson — 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`
- **2023-01-16T17:42:49+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-04-03T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-04-05T23:34:54+00:00** Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Rules.
- **2023-04-05T23:34:55+00:00** Referred to Rules by order of Speaker. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-04T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-05-11T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-05-16T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-05-19T19:48:52+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-22T17:58:29+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-05-23T19:12:14+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Neron. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-23T19:13:14+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Elmer.
- **2023-06-15T18:26:05+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-16T15:48:54+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-16T21:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2023-06-20T20:20:14+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-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.
- **2023-06-23T01:49:10+00:00** Carried over to 06-23 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-06-23T20:02:07+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`
- **2023-06-23T20:03:07+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Smith DB.
- **2023-08-15T22:20:56+00:00** Chapter 525, (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/76921f98-5f03-403a-8c8f-99c9fff348de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).