l9n/ Oregon

2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 891

Establishes the Oregon Empowerment Scholarship Program for the purpose of providing options in education to students of this state.

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

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Digest: Creates a program that transfers money to a student to pay for qualified school expenses. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). Establishes the Oregon Empowerment Scholarship Program for the purpose of providing options in education to students of this state. Restricts the percentage of students from each school district who may enroll in the program for the first 10 years. Establishes the Department of Education Empowerment Account. Continuously appropriates moneys to the Department of Education for payment of the department's expenses under the program. Establishes the Treasurer Empowerment Account. Continuously appropriates moneys to the State Treasurer for payment of the treasurer's expenses under the program. Establishes the Oregon Empowerment Scholarship Account within the State School Fund. Continuously appropriates moneys to the Department of Education for the purpose of making transfers under the program.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

1 co-sponsor

Suzanne Weber

Its course

January 21 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 2 days

In the SenateJan 21 to Jun 27 · stopped157 days

Waiting for a committeeJan 21 to Jan 210 days

EducationJan 21 to Jun 27 · stopped157 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 Senate Jan 21 – Jun 27

  1. Jan 21Introduced
  2. Sent to Education
  3. Jun 27Died when the session ended
All 3 actions, as published
  1. Jan 21Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
  2. Jan 21Referred to Education, then Ways and Means.Senate
  3. Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.Senate