Committees · 2013 Regular Session
Higher Education and Workforce Development
Members
As the committee stood at the end of the term. Each name leads to the member's page.
Michael DembrowChair
Democrat · 45th District
Chris HarkerVice-chair
Democrat · 34th District
John HuffmanVice-chair
Republican · 59th District
Democrat · 30th District
Republican · 18th District
Democrat · 49th District
Democrat · 33rd District
Republican · 52nd District
Republican · 53rd District
Bills
Bills sent to the committee in the 2013 Regular Session.
Bills sent68
4% of the bills the House of Representatives sent to committees
Reported out60%
41 of 68; 27 stopped in committee
Time in committee42 days
most between 28 and 49 days
Amendments offered0
committee amendments
In every session
Each session over its whole term.
Bills it was sent
Each time a bill was sent to the committee in the 2013 Regular Session, newest first.
68 bills
Senate Bill 782 · Establishes Task Force on Apprenticeship in State Contracting with 14 members appointed by President of Senate, Speaker of House of Representatives and Governor.
Sent May 6, 2013 · Reported out after 25 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 802 · Defines "dentist of record." Provides that institution or program accredited by Commission on Dental Accreditation of American Dental Association does not need to name actively licensed dentist as dental director of dental offices or clinics owned or operated by institution or program.
Sent April 30, 2013 · Reported out after 14 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 225 · Removes authority of public universities to provide liability insurance coverage for students involved in specified off-campus experiential activities.
Sent April 29, 2013 · Reported out after 14 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 3488 · Modifies provisions authorizing borrowing by community college districts to clarify that bonds may be issued for whole district, for single service area or for one or more service areas of district simultaneously.
Sent April 8, 2013 · Reported out after 10 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 3472 · Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to consider creation of Pay Forward, Pay Back pilot program to replace current system of tuition and fees required to attend institution of higher education.
Sent March 27, 2013 · Reported out after 22 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 267 · Changes title of president of State Board of Higher Education to chairperson of board.
Sent March 21, 2013 · Reported out after 53 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 104 · Allows Department of Education to require fingerprints of person who is community college faculty member providing instruction at site of early childhood education program or at school site as part of early childhood education program.
Sent March 5, 2013 · Reported out after 9 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 3245 · Prohibits inmates in custody of Department of Corrections from performing electrical or plumbing work unless directly supervised by department employee who is licensed electrician or plumber.
Sent March 4, 2013 · Reported out after 46 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 3272 · Establishes Oregon's Best and Brightest STEM Loan Forgiveness Program for certain students in science, technology, engineering or mathematics programs that are willing to commit to working in Oregon after graduation.
Sent March 4, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 126 days
House Bill 3275 · Establishes Task Force on Community College Facilities.
Sent March 4, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 126 days
House Bill 3296 · Modifies, for purposes of regulating student athlete agents, definitions of "agency contract," "athlete agent" and "athletic director." Expands application of statutes regulating athlete agents to include agents representing student athletes at elementary and secondary schools.
Sent March 4, 2013 · Reported out after 28 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 3305 · Establishes University of Oregon and Portland State University as independent public universities, governed by university boards of directors.
Sent March 4, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 126 days
House Bill 3341 · Repeals requirement that community colleges enter into agreement with for-profit institutions of higher education before implementing potentially duplicative new post-secondary programs.
Sent March 4, 2013 · Reported out after 46 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 3392 · Changes name of Tuition Protection Fund to Tuition Protection Trust Fund.
Sent March 4, 2013 · Reported out after 28 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3068 · Authorizes State Treasurer to issue Article XI-R bonds, in addition to and not in lieu of biennial budget authorization for bond issuance, to finance corpus of Oregon Student Opportunity Fund.
Sent March 1, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 129 days
House Bill 3079 · Eliminates adverse impact process for new publicly funded post-secondary programs or locations.
Sent March 1, 2013 · Reported out after 49 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 3114 · Modifies authority of Oregon Health and Science University to establish police departments.
Sent March 1, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 129 days
House Bill 3115 · Requires state contracting agency, in specifications, solicitation documents and contract for public improvement with contract price that state contracting agency anticipates will exceed $5 million, to require contractor and subcontractor to employ apprentices for at least 10 percent of total work hours that workers in apprenticeable occupations perform on public improvement.
Sent March 1, 2013 · Reported out after 48 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3117 · Requires each institution of higher education to establish recognized student government.
Sent March 1, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 129 days
House Bill 3118 · Requires public agency that awards contract with contract price in excess of $5 million to require contractor to have apprentices perform at least 10 percent of work hours on public works project that workers in apprenticeable occupations perform.
Sent March 1, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 129 days
48 more
House Bill 3120 · Grants additional authorities to Higher Education Coordinating Commission.
Sent March 1, 2013 · Reported out after 49 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 3149 · Establishes Task Force on Community College Child Care Services.
Sent March 1, 2013 · Reported out after 46 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 3009 · Provides certain persons with right to possess firearm on college or university grounds.
Sent February 27, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 131 days
House Bill 3015 · Requires State Board of Higher Education to adopt rules that prohibit public university within Oregon University System from providing information about student enrolled in public university to person that is engaged in business of extending or offering to extend credit by means of credit card unless student gives public university express written consent and from advertising or permitting another person to advertise any offer to extend credit by means of credit card in official publication
Sent February 27, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 131 days
House Bill 3018 · Creates prepaid tuition contracts for Oregon residents under Oregon 529 College Savings Network.
Sent February 27, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 131 days
House Bill 3025 · Establishes Next Generation Fund.
Sent February 27, 2013 · Reported out after 40 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3038 · Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development for work ready communities programs, employer workforce training and back to work programs.
Sent February 27, 2013 · Reported out after 42 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 2958 · Requires community colleges to annually make available for distribution specified information about community colleges to public school students in grades 11 and 12.
Sent February 25, 2013 · Reported out after 44 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2970 · Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to develop standards related to requirements for associate transfer degree .
Sent February 25, 2013 · Reported out after 35 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2975 · Directs institutions of higher education to provide enrolled students receiving student loans information about total debt owed upon graduation.
Sent February 25, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 133 days
House Bill 2979 · Establishes work group to study how to establish common course numbering system for lower-division undergraduate courses in Oregon public colleges and universities.
Sent February 25, 2013 · Reported out after 35 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2986 · Permits court, after suspension of driving privileges for failure to pay fine, to reinstate person's driving privileges if person is enrolled in preapprenticeship program or is registered as apprentice.
Sent February 25, 2013 · Reported out after 53 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2995 · Requires each public university, community college or other institution of higher education to allow students, faculty and staff to identify sexual orientation on forms used to collect demographic data.
Sent February 25, 2013 · Reported out after 50 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 2913 · Clarifies that committee formed by Department of Education and Bureau of Labor and Industries is established to set goals, develop grant criteria, review grant applications and make recommendations related to awarding grants under Career and Technical Education Revitalization Grant Program.
Sent February 19, 2013 · Reported out after 20 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2967 · Authorizes issuance of Article XI-G bonds to match, dollar for dollar, funds available to Oregon University System to finance construction of chemical, biological and environmental engineering building on campus of Oregon State University.
Sent February 19, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 139 days
House Bill 2838 · Directs Oregon Education Investment Board, Oregon University System and Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development to propose "Pay Forward, Pay Back" pilot program to replace current system of tuition and fees required to attend institution of higher education.
Sent February 18, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 140 days
House Bill 2888 · Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to establish subcommittee to develop model for funding post-secondary education.
Sent February 18, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 140 days
House Bill 2898 · Allows student with disability to earn credit at community college or public university as part of transition services.
Sent February 18, 2013 · Reported out after 56 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2912 · Requires Department of Education, Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development and Bureau of Labor and Industries to develop and implement long-term goals that encourage establishment of joint advisory committees related to career and technical education and that address barriers inhibiting student movement from high schools to post-secondary school programs and workforce.
Sent February 18, 2013 · Reported out after 21 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2742 · Prohibits public university from discriminating against student on basis that student was not awarded standard high school diploma or General Educational Development (GED) certificate.
Sent February 13, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 145 days
House Bill 2689 · Permits public bodies to enter into cooperative agreements with youth job development organizations for provision of services by youth participants on public resource projects.
Sent February 11, 2013 · Reported out after 42 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2727 · Establishes State Apprenticeship Education and Training Fund and continuously appropriates moneys in fund to State Apprenticeship and Training Council and Bureau of Labor and Industries for specified purposes.
Sent February 11, 2013 · Reported out after 45 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 2787 · Provides that certain students are entitled to exemption from nonresident tuition and fees at public universities.
Sent February 6, 2013 · Reported out after 13 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2033 · Abolishes accounts controlled by office of State Treasurer for use of University of Oregon and Oregon State University.
Sent January 22, 2013 · Reported out after 17 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2110 · Appropriates moneys to Department of Education to be expended for purpose of awarding grants under Career and Technical Education Revitalization Grant Program.
Sent January 22, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 167 days
House Bill 2149 · Establishes institutional boards for University of Oregon and Portland State University.
Sent January 22, 2013 · Reported out after 86 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 2152 · Requires State Board of Higher Education and Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development to conduct annual reviews of public universities and community colleges, respectively, regarding staffing to student ratios.
Sent January 22, 2013 · Reported out after 84 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2154 · Requires board of education of each community college district, and president of each public university, to form achievement compact advisory committee.
Sent January 22, 2013 · Reported out after 83 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 2155 · Directs each public university to conduct study on how to better use campus resources during summer term and examine benefits of year-round, full-time operation of university.
Sent January 22, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 167 days
House Bill 2156 · Directs each public university to conduct study of how reducing number of students who change course of study, or who delay in completing course of study, affects graduation rates and costs of higher education.
Sent January 22, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 167 days
House Bill 2178 · Provides for issuance of education loans to person accepted for enrollment, or to student in good standing, in program of study for advanced degree necessary to manage medical clinic.
Sent January 22, 2013 · Reported out after 78 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 2185 · Authorizes adoption of fees for certain activities related to career schools.
Sent January 22, 2013 · Reported out after 37 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2186 · Clarifies terms of probation and suspension for licensee of career school.
Sent January 22, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 167 days
House Bill 2187 · Exempts school from career school licensure requirements if school prepares students to become nursing assistant or medication aide and meets certain standards or if school is adequately regulated by other means and Superintendent of Public Instruction grants exemption.
Sent January 22, 2013 · Reported out after 43 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2188 · Allows Superintendent of Public Instruction to retain reasonable costs related to investigation and assessment of career school civil penalties.
Sent January 22, 2013 · Reported out after 37 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2189 · Allows State Board of Education to adopt rules related to general governance and operation of career schools.
Sent January 22, 2013 · Reported out after 37 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2190 · Requires State Board of Education to adopt minimum standards related to financial soundness of owner of career school.
Sent January 22, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 167 days
House Bill 2191 · Modifies definition of "agent" for career schools.
Sent January 22, 2013 · Reported out after 43 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2299 · Directs State Registrar of Center for Health Statistics to send data file containing parents' names and mother's address to Oregon 529 College Savings Board for each child born in Oregon to residents of this state.
Sent January 22, 2013 · Reported out after 41 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 2302 · Guarantees admission to public universities of this state if students meet certain standards established by State Board of Education.
Sent January 22, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 167 days
House Bill 2304 · Establishes credit against personal income tax for amounts paid by eligible taxpayer who paid for and received instruction leading to degree or recognized certificate from post-secondary institution.
Sent January 22, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 167 days
House Bill 2312 · Establishes Portland State University as independent public university, governed by university board of directors.
Sent January 22, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 167 days
House Bill 2339 · Establishes Portland State University as public corporation under control of Portland Metropolitan Universities Board of Directors.
Sent January 22, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 167 days
House Bill 2537 · Requires institution of higher education to maintain list of degrees and certificate programs at institutions of higher education that compares costs for each degree or certificate program and average salary earned by recent graduates in common positions of employment.
Sent January 22, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 167 days
House Bill 2621 · Exempts use of pesticides at community college for scientific research or academic instruction from integrated pest management plan restrictions.
Sent January 22, 2013 · Reported out after 35 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2623 · Creates Veterinary Loan Repayment Program.
Sent January 22, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 167 days
House Bill 2636 · Establishes STEM Investment Council.
Sent January 22, 2013 · Reported out after 49 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2647 · Requires Higher Education Coordinating Commission to maintain list of degrees and certificate programs at institutions of higher education comparing costs and loan default rates for each degree or certificate program.
Sent January 22, 2013 · Stopped in committee after 167 days