Oregon Senate Bill 785 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 5)
Status: Failed on June 27 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-06-27 - In committee upon adjournment.
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

The Act creates a scholarship program for ag teachers. (Flesch Readability Score: 75.5). Establishes the Agriculture Education Scholarship Program to provide [free tuition and fees for qualifying agriculture education students in exchange for the student's commitment to work in a rural community after graduation] grants to qualified students for the equivalent of the cost of one full-time academic year in a qualified agriculture program that will prepare the student to be an agriculture teacher in a high school in this state. Appropriates moneys for the 2025-2027 biennium to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for the purpose of administering the Agriculture Education Scholarship Program.

Relating to an agriculture education scholarship.

Sen. Todd Nash [R]	Rep. Bobby Levy [R]	Sen. David Smith [R]	Sen. Suzanne Weber [R]
Rep. Darin Harbick [R]

2025-04-09 - Senate - Senate Committee Do pass with amendments. Refer to Ways and Means by prior reference. (Printed A-Eng) (Y: 4 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-06-27	Senate	In committee upon adjournment.
2025-04-14	Senate	Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
2025-04-14	Senate	Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. (Printed A-Eng.)
2025-04-09	Senate	Work Session held.
2025-03-10	Senate	Public Hearing held.
2025-01-17	Senate	Referred to Education, then Ways and Means.
2025-01-13	Senate	Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB785
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB785/Introduced
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB785/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB785/A-Engrossed
Amendment	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/26745
Amendment	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/28422
Amendment	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/28560
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureAnalysisDocument/84978
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/CommitteeMeetingDocument/293746
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/CommitteeMeetingDocument/294000
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/CommitteeMeetingDocument/299465
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureAnalysisDocument/89883
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureAnalysisDocument/89941
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/CommitteeMeetingDocument/300996
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/CommitteeMeetingDocument/301090
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/CommitteeMeetingDocument/301091
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureAnalysisDocument/90637
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureAnalysisDocument/90858
Roll Call	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/CommitteeReports/MajorityReport/38499