Oregon · House Bill 3213 · 2025 Regular Session

Requires that public university foundations are subject to the public records laws of this state.

HB 3213 Sponsored by Farrah Chaichi Died in committee

  1. Introduced Jan 13, 2025
  2. In committee Jan 17, 2025
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

The Act applies public records laws to higher learning bodies. The Act tells higher learning bodies to post certain annual reports. The Act declares an emergency and becomes law when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). Requires that public university foundations are subject to the public records laws of this state. Specifies the records that are exempt from disclosure. Specifies the records that…

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The Act applies public records laws to higher learning bodies. The Act tells higher learning bodies to post certain annual reports. The Act declares an emergency and becomes law when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). Requires that public university foundations are subject to the public records laws of this state. Specifies the records that are exempt from disclosure. Specifies the records that are not exempt from disclosure. Requires public university foundations to release an annual report that is publicly available on the website maintained by the public university foundation. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Every action

4 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. HouseFirst reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
  2. CommitteeReferred to Higher Education and Workforce Development. · House Higher Education and Workforce Development
  3. CommitteePublic Hearing held. · House Higher Education and Workforce Development
  4. HouseIn committee upon adjournment.

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 11 cosponsors: 11 Democrats.

All 11 cosponsors

From Oregon's official records (api.oregonlegislature.gov), checked Nov 13, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.