l9n/ Oregon

2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 668

Expands tuition benefits available to disabled veterans to permit veterans who are Oregon residents and are 80 percent or more disabled, and the spouse and child of disabled veterans, to have tuition waived for enrollment in a vocational program or an associate degree, baccalaureate degree or master's degree program at community colleges, public universities and the Oregon Health and Science University.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Ways and Means Committee on June 27, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Digest: The Act allows Oregon veterans who are 80 percent disabled not to have to pay costs for certain college classes. The Act includes the spouse and child of those disabled veterans. The Act declares an emergency and becomes law when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.2). Expands tuition benefits available to disabled veterans to permit veterans who are Oregon residents and are 80 percent or more disabled, and the spouse and child of disabled veterans, to have tuition waived for enrollment in a vocational program or an associate degree, baccalaureate degree or master's degree program at community colleges, public universities and the Oregon Health and Science University. Prohibits the reduction of the amount of tuition that is waived by the amount of scholarships, grants or other aid a qualified student receives. 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 Senate

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 action7 actions on 6 days

In the SenateJan 13 to Jun 27 · stopped165 days

Waiting for a committeeJan 13 to Jan 174 days

Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World AffairsJan 17 to Feb 2135 days

Ways and MeansFeb 21 to Jun 27 · stopped126 days

Text

Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.

In the Senate Jan 13 – Jun 27

  1. Jan 13Introduced
  2. Jan 17Sent to Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs
  3. Feb 6Heard in Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs
  4. Feb 18Heard in Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs
  5. Feb 21Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs reported it without a recommendation, and that it go to Ways and Means
  6. Sent to Ways and Means
  7. Jun 27Died when the session ended
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 13Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
  2. Jan 17Referred to Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs.Senate
  3. Feb 6Public Hearing held.Senate
  4. Feb 18Work Session held.Senate
  5. Feb 21Recommendation: Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Ways and Means.Senate
  6. Feb 21Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President.Senate
  7. Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.Senate