l9n/ Oregon

2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 948

Authorizes district school boards to provide for play-based learning during the instructional time of each regular school day for all students who are enrolled in prekindergarten through grade five in the school district.

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 would give school boards power to allow play-based learning in preschool through grade 5. (Flesch Readability Score: 74.2). Authorizes district school boards to provide for play-based learning during the instructional time of each regular school day for all students who are enrolled in prekindergarten through grade five in the school district. Directs the Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Early Learning and Care and the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission, to provide professional development opportunities in the pedagogy of play-based learning to child care providers and teachers providing instruction in prekindergarten through grade five in this state.

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 28 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 5 days

In the SenateJan 28 to Jun 27 · stopped150 days

Waiting for a committeeJan 28 to Jan 280 days

EducationJan 28 to Mar 1243 days

Ways and MeansMar 12 to Jun 27 · stopped107 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 28 – Jun 27

  1. Jan 28Introduced
  2. Sent to Education
  3. Feb 5Heard in Education
  4. Mar 5Heard in Education
  5. Mar 12Education recommended it, 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 28Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
  2. Jan 28Referred to Education.Senate
  3. Feb 5Public Hearing held.Senate
  4. Mar 5Work Session held.Senate
  5. Mar 12Recommendation: Do Pass and be referred to Ways and Means.Senate
  6. Mar 12Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President.Senate
  7. Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.Senate