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.
2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2715
Authorizes all public universities in Oregon to offer doctoral degrees, subject to approval by the Higher Education Coordinating Commission.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Digest: Allows for all public higher learning schools to offer PhDs that are approved by the HECC. Limits certain public higher learning schools to five PhD programs until 2044. Blocks public money to be used for aid to students at certain higher learning schools. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.4). Authorizes all public universities in Oregon to offer doctoral degrees, subject to approval by the Higher Education Coordinating Commission. Limits certain public universities to five doctoral programs until 2044. Prohibits the commission or any other state agency from using public moneys to award scholarships, grants or other types of student financial aid to post-secondary institutions of education that offer coursework primarily online and have been found to have engaged in fraudulent or predatory practices against students or prospective students.
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
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 action4 actions on 4 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
- Jan 13Introduced
- Jan 17Sent to Higher Education and Workforce Development
- Mar 6Heard in Higher Education and Workforce Development
- Jun 27Died when the session ended
All 4 actions, as published
- Jan 13First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
- Jan 17Referred to Higher Education and Workforce Development.House of Representatives
- Mar 6Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
- Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives