l9n/ Oregon

2026 Regular Session

House Bill 4050

Requires the Legislative Policy and Research Director to study processes to align educational funding with educational costs.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ways and Means Committee on March 6, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Digest: Tells LPRO to conduct a study on funding for education. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Requires the Legislative Policy and Research Director to study processes to align educational funding with educational costs. Directs the director to submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to education no later than November 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

Its course

February 2 to March 6, 2026, 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 House of RepresentativesFeb 2 to Mar 6 · stopped32 days

Waiting for a committeeFeb 2 to Feb 20 days

EducationFeb 2 to Feb 1210 days

Ways and MeansFeb 12 to Mar 6 · stopped22 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 Feb 2 – Mar 6

  1. Feb 2Introduced
  2. Sent to Education
  3. Feb 9Heard in Education
  4. Feb 11Heard in Education
  5. Feb 12Education recommended it, and that it go to Ways and Means
  6. Sent to Ways and Means
  7. Mar 6Died when the session ended
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Feb 2First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
  2. Feb 2Referred to Education with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.House of Representatives
  3. Feb 9Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
  4. Feb 11Work Session held.House of Representatives
  5. Feb 12Recommendation: Do pass and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.House of Representatives
  6. Feb 12Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.House of Representatives
  7. Mar 6In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives