republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2025r1/hb-2556.md

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Bill	Relating to Portland State University designation.	Designates Portland State University as Oregon's Urban Research University.	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2025R1	HB 2556	Oregon HB 2556 (2025R1)	bill		enacted	Dacia Grayber Kate Lieber	2	20	4	2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00	2025-06-20T01:28:51+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/a1573aff-44e7-478c-90e3-c3400b78837c	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2556	156e941fca1555cb862ac0dd9a21275989404c3ede11fdad99cdcea36eaab9d0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon HB 2556 (2025R1) — Relating to Portland State University designation.

Designates Portland State University as Oregon's Urban Research University.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Made Special Order of Business by voice vote. Third reading. Carried by Lieber. Passed. — 28–0 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Third reading. Carried by Grayber. Passed. — 36–22 (pass) · lower
• Heard and Reported Out — 6–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dacia Grayber — primary (person)
• Kate Lieber — primary (person)
• Khanh Pham — cosponsor (person)
• Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
• Lisa Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
• Rob Wagner — cosponsor (person)
• Shannon Isadore — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-01-17T20:47:46+00:00 Referred to Higher Education and Workforce Development. referral-committee
• 2025-01-30T16:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2025-02-06T16:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-02-07T00:47:33+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-11T19:19:12+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2025-02-13T19:08:18+00:00 Carried over to February 18, 2025 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
• 2025-02-18T19:50:07+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Grayber. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2025-02-18T19:51:07+00:00 Vote explanation(s) filed by Levy B.
• 2025-02-20T18:51:27+00:00 First reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-02-21T22:35:50+00:00 Referred to Education. referral-committee
• 2025-04-28T15:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2025-05-12T15:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-05-21T16:59:12+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-21T18:19:05+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2025-05-22T18:45:24+00:00 Made Special Order of Business by voice vote. Third reading. Carried by Lieber. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2025-05-23T18:42:34+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2025-05-27T22:12:24+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2025-06-03T19:51:10+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2025-06-20T01:28:51+00:00 Chapter 254, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a1573aff-44e7-478c-90e3-c3400b78837c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).