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Committee advances several education bills in work sessions; HB 4079 amended after contentious debate
Summary
In work sessions following public hearings, the committee forwarded HB 4050 and HB 4124 to joint Ways and Means, advanced HB 4154 to the House floor as amended, and adopted amendments to HB 4079 before sending it to the floor; the -4 amendment to HB 4079 failed while the -5 amendment was adopted.
After public hearings the House Committee on Education moved to work‑session action on a slate of bills.
HB 4050 (LPRO study): The committee adopted a motion to send HB 4050 (a legislative policy and research office study on aligning state distributions with local provider costs) to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means with a due‑pass recommendation. The motion carried on a recorded voice vote.
HB 4154 (attendance reporting): The committee adopted the dash‑2 amendments to HB 4154, which require quarterly publication of certain attendance and average daily membership data and methodology, and then voted to move the bill to the House floor with a due‑pass recommendation; Representative Wise was asked to carry the bill on the floor.
HB 4079 (immigration enforcement policies on school property): The committee conducted prolonged debate on competing amendments. A dash‑4 amendment—offering a requirement that school employees and state/local law enforcement cooperate with federal immigration authorities in cases involving persons charged with or convicted of a felony or class A misdemeanor—failed on a recorded vote after opponents warned it would erode trust and enable profiling. The committee then adopted a dash‑5 amendment that revised definitions of campus/property, required boards to adopt notice/confirmation policies when federal immigration authorities enter school property for enforcement purposes, added immunity language, and set a later effective date (09/30/2026). The committee moved HB 4079 as amended to the House floor with a due‑pass recommendation.
HB 4124 (HEC higher‑education study): The committee adopted dash‑1 and dash‑3 amendments to HB 4124, which requires the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to study Oregon’s postsecondary education system and report recommendations by 12/01/2026, then moved the bill to Joint Ways and Means with a due‑pass recommendation.
Votes at a glance (recorded excerpts from the transcript): - HB 4050: Motion to send to Joint Ways and Means with a due pass recommendation — motion carried (multiple members recorded 'Yes/Aye' during roll call). - HB 4154 (as amended): Motion to move to House floor — motion carried (recorded 'Yes/Aye' votes). - HB 4079: Dash 4 amendment — failed (recorded votes list multiple 'No' and 'Yes' tallies); Dash 5 amendment — adopted; final motion to send as amended to the floor — motion carried. - HB 4124: Amendments adopted and bill sent to Ways and Means with a due pass recommendation.
The committee adjourned after completing the scheduled work sessions. For each bill, recorded roll‑call excerpts appear in the hearing transcript and were entered into the committee record.
