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Votes at a glance: Education committee work sessions move several bills to the floor
Summary
During the April 28 work sessions the Senate Committee on Education moved House Bill 2511 (staff salary data collection), House Bill 2682 (early intervention advisory committee) and House Bill 3521 (tenant deposit timing) to the Senate floor with the recommendations noted in each item.
The Senate Committee on Education held work sessions on April 28, 2025 and advanced three bills to the Senate floor. The committee recorded roll-call action on the following items.
House Bill 2511 — staff salary and years-in-service data collection (work session / due pass): - Motion: Move HB 2511 to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation (motion recorded in work session). - Committee action: House Bill 2511 was moved to the Senate floor with a due‑pass recommendation. - Roll call (recorded in committee): Senator Gelser Blue — Aye; Senator Robinson — No; Senator Solman — Aye; Vice Chair Everett — Aye; Chair Frederick — Yes. - Tally: Yes 4, No 1. - Notes: The bill would expand the Oregon Department of Education's staff position file to collect base salary and years-in-service for all district employees (not just licensed staff). Sponsors and ODE representatives said the bill adds fields to an existing collection and was not intended to create a new separate reporting system; COSA indicated members and school districts generally could comply though some districts submit portions of the data already.
House Bill 2682 — advisory committee to study adequate service levels for early intervention and early childhood special education (work session / due pass): - Motion: Move HB 2682 to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation (motion recorded in work session). - Committee action: House Bill 2682 was moved to the Senate floor with a due‑pass recommendation. - Roll call (recorded in committee): Senator Gelser Blue — Aye; Senator Robinson — No; Senator Solman — Aye; Vice Chair Weber — Aye; Chair Frederick — Yes. - Tally: Yes 4, No 1. - Notes: The bill directs the Oregon Department of Education to convene an advisory committee and submit recommendations by Sept. 15, 2026 to modernize adequate service levels for early intervention and early childhood special education; sponsors cited the need for updated caseload and service‑level data.
House Bill 3521 — landlord deposits timing (work session / no recommendation then subsequent referral): - Motion: Move House Bill 3521 without recommendation and add a subsequent referral to the Senate Committee on Housing and Development (motion recorded in work session). - Committee action: The motion passed; HB 3521 is being forwarded to the Senate Committee on Housing and Development. - Roll call (recorded in committee): Senator Gelser Blue — Aye; Senator Coleman — Aye; Vice Chair Weber — Aye; Chair Frederick — Yes. (Committee record indicates the motion passed; roll-call entries for some members in the transcript are truncated in the hearing log.) - Notes: Testimony summarized that HB 3521 would limit when a prospective tenant deposit may be collected (after application approval) and require prompt return in certain habitability-related rejections; the item was inadvertently placed on the Education Committee agenda and will be sent to Housing and Development for further consideration.
These items advanced on party-divided roll calls in committee; details on subsequent floor action and any amendments will be available in later committee/floor records.
