l9n/ Oregon

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 2539

Requires the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to develop a plan for enabling community colleges to offer an associate's degree completed in coordination with credits earned in an apprenticeship or training program.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Higher Education and Workforce Development Committee on June 27, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Digest: Tells the HECC to create a plan that allows students at community colleges to earn credits from certain training programs. Tells the HECC to give a report on the plan to the legislature. Ends the plan on January 2, 2027. Declares an emergency and takes effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8). Requires the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to develop a plan for enabling community colleges to offer an associate's degree completed in coordination with credits earned in an apprenticeship or training program. Requires the commission to submit a report detailing the plan by September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

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

1 co-sponsor

David Gomberg

Its course

January 13 to June 27, 2025, 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 action3 actions on 3 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 13 to Jun 27 · stopped165 days

Waiting for a committeeJan 13 to Jan 174 days

Higher Education and Workforce DevelopmentJan 17 to Jun 27 · stopped161 days

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 13 – Jun 27

  1. Jan 13Introduced
  2. Jan 17Sent to Higher Education and Workforce Development
  3. Jun 27Died when the session ended
All 3 actions, as published
  1. Jan 13First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
  2. Jan 17Referred to Higher Education and Workforce Development with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.House of Representatives
  3. Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives