republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2025r1/sb-1109.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to education; and declaring an emergency."
description: "</b> </i>] [<i>Requires the Department of Education to conduct an audit of assessments administered to kindergarteners in public schools. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to education not later than September 15, 2026.</i>] <b>Requires specified boards of educational institutions to video record their governing meetings. Permits a board to post audio recordings of board governing meetings if the educational institution lacks broadband Internet access. Applies to board meetings occurring on or after January 1, 2025. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.</b>"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "SB 1109"
citation: "Oregon SB 1109 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lew Frederick", "Rob Wagner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-27T18:24:49+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-06T23:05:17+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/584da0a3-f4e0-4a86-bddf-f3734622784a"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB1109"
source_hash: "9c129ca84d8cc56eb25d0067d54e33f2888ddea596e21849bd98e0a1d45fdfff"
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 1109 (2025R1) — Relating to education; and declaring an emergency.

</b> </i>] [<i>Requires the Department of Education to conduct an audit of assessments administered to kindergarteners in public schools. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to education not later than September 15, 2026.</i>] <b>Requires specified boards of educational institutions to video record their governing meetings. Permits a board to post audio recordings of board governing meetings if the educational institution lacks broadband Internet access. Applies to board meetings occurring on or after January 1, 2025. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.</b>

## 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/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1109/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1109/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1109/A-Engrossed)
4. **SED Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/28218)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1109/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Javadi. Passed. — **38–10** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by President Wagner. Passed. — **25–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lew Frederick — primary (person)
- Rob Wagner — primary (person)
- Emily McIntire — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-27T18:24:49+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-03T22:19:38+00:00** Referred to Education, then Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-04-07T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-04-11T17:16:07+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and subsequent referral to Ways and Means be rescinded. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-11T17:16:08+00:00** Subsequent referral rescinded by order of the President.
- **2025-04-14T17:18:51+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15T19:13:11+00:00** Third reading. Carried by President Wagner. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T19:14:11+00:00** Robinson granted unanimous consent to change vote from nay to aye.
- **2025-04-15T22:01:12+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-16T18:02:10+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07T22:01:00+00:00** Work Session cancelled.
- **2025-05-05T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-05-12T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-15T00:39:29+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15T18:20:57+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-19T20:27:04+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 20, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-05-20T19:20:25+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Javadi. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-21T22:13:26+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-22T17:22:34+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-28T20:25:24+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-06T23:00:17+00:00** Chapter 244, 2025 Laws.
- **2025-06-06T23:05:17+00:00** Effective date, May 28, 2025.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/584da0a3-f4e0-4a86-bddf-f3734622784a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).