Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ways and Means Committee on June 25, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
House Bill 2872
Establishes Imagination Library of Oregon Program to provide free book each month to eligible children, encourage children to develop love of reading and learning, and improve third-grade reading proficiency and high school graduation rates.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
<i>Directs Department of Early Learning and Care to develop, implement and administer Oregon Imagination Library Project to improve reading proficiency and high school graduation rates by providing enrolled children with one age-appropriate book per child each month.</i>] <b>Establishes Imagination Library of Oregon Program to provide free book each month to eligible children, encourage children to develop love of reading and learning, and improve third-grade reading proficiency and high school graduation rates. Directs Department of Early Learning and Care to implement program.</b> Establishes Oregon Imagination Library Account within Department of Early Learning and Care Fund for purposes of funding <i>project</i>] <b>program</b>. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2023.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Chief co-sponsors
8 co-sponsors
Boomer Wright, Paul Evans, Courtney Neron Misslin, Emerson Levy, Lisa Reynolds, Dacia Grayber, Hoa Nguyen, Lucetta Elmer
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 17 to June 25, 2023, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action7 actions on 6 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 17 to Jun 25 · stopped159 days
Waiting for a committeeJan 17 to Jan 203 days
Early Childhood and Human ServicesJan 20 to Mar 3170 days
Ways and MeansMar 31 to Jun 25 · stopped86 days
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Mar 31
Text
Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Jan 17 – Jun 25
- Jan 17Introduced
- Jan 20Sent to Early Childhood and Human Services
- Mar 1Heard in Early Childhood and Human Services
- Mar 29Heard in Early Childhood and Human Services
- Mar 31Early Childhood and Human Services recommended it as amended, and that it go to Ways and Means
- Sent to Ways and Means
- Jun 25Died when the session ended
All 7 actions, as published
- Jan 17First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
- Jan 20Referred to Early Childhood and Human Services with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.House of Representatives
- Mar 1Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
- Mar 29Work Session held.House of Representatives
- Mar 31Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.House of Representatives
- Mar 31Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.House of Representatives
- Jun 25In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives