Committees · 2025 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.
Zach HudsonChair
Democrat · 49th District
Lisa FragalaVice-chair
Democrat · 8th District
Darin HarbickVice-chair
Republican · 12th District
Democrat · 16th District
Democrat · 22nd District
Republican · 9th District
Republican · 3rd District
Bills
Bills sent to the committee in the 2025 Regular Session.
Bills sent78
4% of the bills the House of Representatives sent to committees
Reported out51%
40 of 78; 38 stopped in committee
Time in committee57 days
most between 36 and 70 days
Amendments offered0
committee amendments
In every session
Each session over its whole term.
202578 bills
reported 51% · typically 57 days, most 36–70 · 0 amendments · 7 members
20246 bills
reported 100% · too few to say · 0 amendments · 9 members
202346 bills
reported 65% · typically 43 days, most 28–70 · 0 amendments · 9 members
20129 bills
reported 78% · too few to say · 0 amendments · 8 members
Bills it was sent
Each time a bill was sent to the committee in the 2025 Regular Session, newest first.
78 bills
House Bill 2002 · Requires the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to study higher education.
Sent June 23, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 4 days
Senate Bill 784 · Specifies that the statewide standards for dual credit programs include programs in agriculture, forestry and natural resources.
Sent April 23, 2025 · Reported out after 14 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 3955 · Directs the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to administer a program to provide matching funds for research at Oregon Health and Science University.
Sent April 14, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 74 days
House Bill 3534 · Provides for a waiver of tuition, fees and the cost of textbooks for veterans and the children of veterans from eligible post-secondary institutions.
Sent March 20, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 99 days
House Bill 3920 · Increases the age limit for tuition waivers for qualified students.
Sent March 14, 2025 · Reported out after 21 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 798 · Provides out-of-state members of the Oregon National Guard with in-state tuition and other higher education benefits.
Sent March 10, 2025 · Reported out after 58 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 3809 · Establishes a quarterly allocation of lottery moneys to the Housing and Community Services Department for the individual development account program.
Sent March 4, 2025 · Reported out after 31 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3826 · Establishes a program within the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to promote workforce development initiatives in the trucking industry.
Sent March 4, 2025 · Reported out after 31 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3892 · Establishes the Task Force on Community College Adult Reconnect.
Sent March 4, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 115 days
House Bill 3669 · Expands the goals and purposes of the Prosperity 10,000 Program.
Sent February 27, 2025 · Reported out after 47 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3694 · Modifies provisions of law related to compensation for student athletes enrolled in a post-secondary institution of education.
Sent February 27, 2025 · Reported out after 36 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 3700 · Directs the Environmental Quality Commission to adopt by rule standards for certification of sewage treatment works operators from nonreciprocal states, provinces or other certifying entities.
Sent February 27, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 120 days
House Bill 3731 · Provides additional data to be included by institutions of higher education in an annual report regarding allegations of sexual misconduct and violence on the campus of the institution.
Sent February 27, 2025 · Reported out after 43 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 3066 · Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Department of Corrections for purpose of funding the advanced esthetics program at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility.
Sent February 24, 2025 · Reported out after 28 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3634 · Establishes the Water Workforce Program in the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to support workforce development initiatives within the water workforce.
Sent February 21, 2025 · Reported out after 52 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3635 · Increases the limit on the aggregate amount of XI-G general obligation bonds that may be issued for projects at a single community college.
Sent February 21, 2025 · Reported out after 35 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3571 · Appropriates moneys to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution to Oregon State University for purposes of the Institute for Water and Watersheds.
Sent February 20, 2025 · Reported out after 22 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3607 · Requires the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to study health care benefits for part-time faculty at public universities and community colleges in this state.
Sent February 20, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 127 days
House Bill 3618 · Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution to Southwestern Oregon Community College to repair elevators in Tioga Hall.
Sent February 20, 2025 · Reported out after 32 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3552 · Allows education service districts to establish regional career centers to provide career and technical education.
Sent February 12, 2025 · Reported out after 63 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
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House Bill 2747 · Requires the Department of Corrections to provide adults in custody at certain department institutions access to specific online educational programs.
Sent January 30, 2025 · Reported out after 57 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3446 · Reallocates how moneys from the Connecting Education to Careers Account for activities related to career and technical education are distributed to schools.
Sent January 30, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 148 days
House Bill 3272 · Requires a public institution of higher education to award academic credit when an enrolled student completed a high school class or participated in a high school program that offered learning and experiences comparable to an introductory communications, public speaking or argumentation course offered at the institution.
Sent January 24, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 154 days
House Bill 3274 · Requires the Department of Education, in collaboration with certain other agencies, to establish criteria for recognizing student internship programs.
Sent January 24, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 154 days
House Bill 3275 · Requires public universities and community colleges to charge tuition and fees no greater than the resident rate for an active member of the Armed Forces of the United States and for a spouse or dependent child of an active member of the Armed Forces of the United States.
Sent January 24, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 154 days
House Bill 3311 · Removes the limitation on the types of degrees that may be offered by Western Oregon University, Southern Oregon University and Eastern Oregon University.
Sent January 24, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 154 days
House Bill 2320 · Permits the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to cancel the commission's approval of a school to confer any academic degree or provide services purporting to lead to a degree in whole or in part.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 2371 · Prohibits the amount of tuition that is waived for qualified students from being reduced by the amount of specified student aid received by the qualified students.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 2389 · Prohibits public universities in this state from increasing enrollment by more than five percent over the preceding academic year.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 2398 · Directs the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to establish a direct admissions program for community colleges and certain public universities in this state.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 2404 · Requires the State Board of Education, in coordination with Eastern Oregon University, to establish a pilot program to provide resources and support for students to access post-secondary education opportunities.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 2405 · Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution to Eastern Oregon University to provide university degrees to adults in custody at some correctional facilities in eastern Oregon.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 87 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 2421 · Includes certain private post-secondary institutions in the direct admissions program established by the Higher Education Coordinating Commission.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 70 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2441 · Prohibits the amount of tuition that is waived for qualified students from being reduced by the amount of specified student aid received by the qualified students.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 2458 · Requires the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to conduct a study on reporting requirements placed on public universities in this state.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 2539 · Requires the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to develop a plan for enabling community colleges to offer an associate's degree completed in coordination with credits earned in an apprenticeship or training program.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 2546 · Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution to REAP, Inc., for the Young Entrepreneurs Program.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 2550 · Changes the requirements to qualify for the Oregon Promise program by removing the requirement that a person must receive the person's highest level of education six months prior to enrolling in a community college, removing the requirement that a person must complete high school in this state, removing the requirement that a person must have earned a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or better in high school and specifying that a person may qualify by enrolling in a program to earn an applied baccalaureate degree or a Bachelor of Science: Nursing degree.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 2551 · Directs the governing board of a public university to ensure that background information about special campus security officers is requested from the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training and reviewed before commissioning the officer.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 40 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2553 · Allows a person to continue to qualify for the Oregon Promise program if, after being awarded a grant, the person enters into service with any career and technical student organization approved by the Department of Education before attending community college.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 2556 · Designates Portland State University as Oregon's Urban Research University.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 20 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2586 · Permits an asylum seeker who is a student at a public university in this state or Oregon Health and Science University to receive an exemption from nonresident tuition and fees.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 47 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2649 · Permits the governing boards of certain universities in this state to establish a tuition rate for certain qualifying students participating in a program developed by the boards for cooperation in higher education and economic development with certain countries in East Asia.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 87 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2652 · Requires a public university to submit any proposed change in affiliation with an athletic association, conference or organization with authority over intercollegiate sports to the appropriate legislative committees for review.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 2665 · Establishes Central Oregon University as a separate public university, distinct from Oregon State University.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 2669 · Requires community colleges to pay part-time facultya certain percentage of the total salary that the community college pays equally experienced full-time facultywho teach comparable courses.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 48 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 2675 · Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution to the Oregon Institute of Technology for an after-school program.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 2686 · Provides funding to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for purposes of providing a grant to an organization that manages a statewide strategy to re-enroll residents of this state into certain programs.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 87 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 2695 · Requires the Oregon Health and Science University Board of Directors to include specified individuals in the search and hiring committees for a president of the university.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 74 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2699 · Requires the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to study nurse faculty compensation in this state.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 2705 · Requires the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, in coordination with public universities and community colleges, to conduct a study to determine the appropriate rate of return the State of Oregon should receive for each patent obtained as a result of public moneys provided to a public university or community college.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 2708 · Transfers duties, functions and powers related to administering the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and workforce development matters from the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to the Bureau of Labor and Industries.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 2715 · Authorizes all public universities in Oregon to offer doctoral degrees, subject to approval by the Higher Education Coordinating Commission.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 2719 · Establishes the Guaranteed Opportunity Program.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 2828 · Requires public post-secondary institutions to grant 12 academic credits to veterans who have served two or more years on active duty.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 2841 · Requires each community college and public university to have at least 65 percent of the total number of credit hours offered to be taught by full-time employees of the college or university during the 2026-2027 academic year and at least 75 percent of the total number of credit hours offered to be taught by full-time employees every academic year thereafter.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 2873 · Directs the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to establish an Oregon work study pilot program to assist post-secondary students.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 2877 · Directs the Department of Veterans' Affairs to develop and implement one or more pilot programs statewide to provide training, job placement services, financial assistance, technical support and business creation assistance to veterans in the construction and construction materials industries.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 2891 · Restricts the number of personnel records concerning faculty members that a community college may maintain.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 2894 · Allocates $500,000 of lottery revenue to the Oregon Military Department for purposes of providing tuition waivers for eligible post-secondary institutions to members of the Oregon National Guard.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 2997 · Requires the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to establish a grant program for the purpose of supporting organizations to expand the scope and community reach of college access and success programs.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 66 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3006 · Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Department of Education for various purposes related to increasing the representation of marginalized populations in the education workforce in this state.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 3008 · Appropriates moneys to fund child care workforce investments.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 87 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3011 · Establishes the Early Childhood Education Workforce Development Fund and appropriates moneys in the fund to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to provide funding to community colleges and public universities in this state that offer on-the-job training for students enrolled in early care and education or related degree or certificate programs.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 87 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3025 · Removes the shared responsibility model by which a qualified student, the student's family, the federal government and the state share the cost of education for the student.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 68 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 3026 · Modifies eligibility requirements for a scholarship program for teacher candidates.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 87 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 3027 · Permits the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to seek an injunction against a person or career school that is engaged, has engaged or is about to engage in any activity in violation of career school licensure requirements and standards.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 40 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 3028 · Removes the statutory amounts that the Higher Education Coordinating Commission may charge for determining whether a school may confer or offer to confer a degree upon a person or provide academic credit applicable to a degree.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 40 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 3029 · Makes changes to workforce development statutes to improve alignment across workforce development programs and projects.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 87 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3030 · Authorizes the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to award grants to school administrator candidates who have experience with diverse populations to use at approved educator preparation programs.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 87 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3053 · Provides moneys to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to be distributed to the University of Oregon for purposes of a pilot program training graduate-level students who are learning to become speech-language pathologists to use a family-centered approach when serving children with augmentative and alternative communication needs in a traditional overnight summer camp setting.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 74 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3109 · Appropriates moneys to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution to the Sustainable City Year Program at the University of Oregon.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 70 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3129 · Establishes the Higher Education Behavioral Health Workforce Expansion Fund.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 62 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3182 · Directs the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to administer a grant program to fund basic needs programming.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 69 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3183 · Appropriates moneys to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for purposes of the Open Educational Resources Program.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 69 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3185 · Provides that priority may be given to students in specified courses of study to participate in a pilot program to enhance the hiring of public university students by eligible nonprofit organizations.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 69 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3213 · Requires that public university foundations are subject to the public records laws of this state.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
House Bill 3219 · Appropriates moneys to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution to the Oregon Hazards Lab at the University of Oregon.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 56 days · did not pass the House of Representatives