republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2025r1/hb-2900.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to teachers."
description: "</b> </i>] [<i>Clarifies the definitions of \"contract teacher\" and \"probationary teacher.\" Requires a probationary teacher who has completed a three-year probationary period at one school district to complete a maximum one-year probationary period upon assuming employment with a new school district. Establishes a mandatory 60-day improvement period for those probationary teachers if performance deficiencies arise.</i>] <b>Modifies the definition of \"contract teacher\" for the purposes of the Accountability for Schools for the 21st Century Law.</b>"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "HB 2900"
citation: "Oregon HB 2900 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rep Neron"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00"
last_action: "2025-07-07T19:24:25+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79bede83-a11f-45ef-8202-51abd689c745"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2900"
source_hash: "87723e806b0806437a30554d44bd870eb1777a0d69b5d2ad0220ad8817a71da1"
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 2900 (2025R1) — Relating to teachers.

</b> </i>] [<i>Clarifies the definitions of "contract teacher" and "probationary teacher." Requires a probationary teacher who has completed a three-year probationary period at one school district to complete a maximum one-year probationary period upon assuming employment with a new school district. Establishes a mandatory 60-day improvement period for those probationary teachers if performance deficiencies arise.</i>] <b>Modifies the definition of "contract teacher" for the purposes of the Accountability for Schools for the 21st Century Law.</b>

## 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/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2900/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2900/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2900/A-Engrossed)
4. **HED Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/27728)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2900/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Neron Misslin. Passed. — **20–9** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Neron. Passed. — **42–12** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rep Neron — primary (person)
- April Dobson — cosponsor (person)
- Farrah Chaichi — cosponsor (person)
- Hai Pham — cosponsor (person)
- Hoa Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Golden — cosponsor (person)
- Lesly Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Fragala — 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 Education. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-04-07T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-04-10T20:49:46+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14T18:07:11+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15T21:38:23+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Neron. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-16T18:55:02+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-21T16:26:28+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-05-19T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-22T17:09:23+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22T19:00:06+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-27T19:17:19+00:00** Carried over to 05-28 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-05-28T20:29:31+00:00** Carried over to 05-29 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-05-29T21:59:57+00:00** Carried over to 06-02 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-02T19:24:04+00:00** Carried over to 06-03 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-03T19:39:23+00:00** Carried over to 06-04 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-04T19:31:28+00:00** Carried over to 06-05 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-05T19:02:25+00:00** Carried over to 06-09 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-09T19:36:00+00:00** Carried over to 06-10 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-10T19:26:01+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Neron Misslin. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-12T21:28:33+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-12T22:42:53+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-20T20:08:12+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-07T19:24:25+00:00** Chapter 352, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79bede83-a11f-45ef-8202-51abd689c745`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).