Oregon 2024 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 6 D · 4 R cosponsors

SB 1502 — Relating to public meetings of educational institution boards.

Last action — Effective date, January 1, 2025.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 05, 2024. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Tina Kotek (Democratic) on March 27, 2024.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 98% · high confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 11 sponsors

    3 primary, 8 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (6 D · 4 R) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 4 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

<b>Digest: Requires most public schools and college boards to video record their meetings and post the meeting recordings on their websites and social media sites. This does not apply if a meeting is private or if a school district is very small. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.7).</b> [<i>Digest: Requires public schools and college boards to live stream their meetings and post the meeting recordings on their websites and social media sites. This does not apply if a meeting is private. Allows remote testimony for most school and college board meetings. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7).</i>] [<i>Requires the governing bodies of school districts, education service districts, community college districts and public universities to live stream governing body meetings, if technically practicable, and to post the recordings of the meetings on their official public body websites or social media sites. Excepts executive sessions. Requires educational institution governing bodies to also permit witnesses to testify via telephonic, electronic or virtual means if meetings also permit in-person oral testimony.</i>] <b>Requires school districts, education service districts, community college districts and public universities to make video recordings of governing body meetings or, if the public body's facilities lack broadband Internet access, to make audio recordings, and to post the video or audio recordings, as applicable, of the meetings on their official public body websites or social media sites. Excepts executive sessions and does not apply to school districts with less than 50 students.</b>

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Effective date, January 1, 2025.

  2. Chapter 47, 2024 Laws.

  3. Governor signed.

  4. Speaker signed.

  5. President signed.

  6. Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by McIntire, Ruiz. Passed.

  7. Second reading.

  8. Recommendation: Do pass.

  9. Work Session held.

  10. Public Hearing held.

  11. Referred to Education.

  12. First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

  13. Third reading. Carried by President Wagner. Passed.

  14. Second reading.

  15. Subsequent referral rescinded by order of the President.

  16. Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and subsequent referral to Ways and Means be rescinded. (Printed A-Eng.)

  17. Work Session held.

  18. Public Hearing held.

  19. Referred to Education, then Ways and Means.

  20. Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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3 sponsors · 8 co-sponsors · 79 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (3)

Co-sponsors (8)

Not signed on (79)

79 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by McIntire, Ruiz. Passed.

Passed 55 Yea · 1 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 9001
Republican 15103
Democrat 31000
Total 55104
% of votes cast 92%2%0%7%
How each member voted (60)
Member Party Vote
Brian Stout — Yea
Charlie Conrad — Yea
Christine Goodwin — Yea
Courtney Neron — Yea
Dan Rayfield — Yea
James Hieb — Yea
Janelle Bynum — Yea
Maxine Dexter — Yea
Paul Holvey — Yea
Tracy Cramer — Not Voting
Andrea Valderrama Democrat Yea
Annessa Hartman Democrat Yea
Ben Bowman Democrat Yea
Dacia Grayber Democrat Yea
Daniel Nguyen Democrat Yea
David Gomberg Democrat Yea
Emerson Levy Democrat Yea
Farrah Chaichi Democrat Yea
Hai Pham Democrat Yea
Hoa Nguyen Democrat Yea
Jason Kropf Democrat Yea
John Lively Democrat Yea
Jules Walters Democrat Yea
Julie Fahey Democrat Yea
Ken Helm Democrat Yea
Khanh Pham Democrat Yea
Lisa Reynolds Democrat Yea
Mark Gamba Democrat Yea
Nancy Nathanson Democrat Yea
Nathan Sosa Democrat Yea
Pam Marsh Democrat Yea
Paul Evans Democrat Yea
Ricki Ruiz Democrat Yea
Rob Nosse Democrat Yea
Sue Rieke Smith Democrat Yea
Susan McLain Democrat Yea
Tawna Sanchez Democrat Yea
Thuy Tran Democrat Yea
Tom Andersen Democrat Yea
Travis Nelson Democrat Yea
Zach Hudson Democrat Yea
Anna Scharf Republican Not Voting
Bobby Levy Republican Yea
Boomer Wright Republican Yea
Court Boice Republican Yea
Cyrus Javadi Republican Not Voting
Dwayne Yunker Republican Yea
E. Werner Reschke Republican Yea
Ed Diehl Republican Yea
Emily McIntire Republican Yea
Jami Cate Republican Nay
Jeffrey Helfrich Republican Yea
Kevin Mannix Republican Yea
Kim Wallan Republican Yea
Lucetta Elmer Republican Yea
Mark Owens Republican Yea
Rick Lewis Republican Yea
Shelly Boshart Davis Republican Not Voting
Vikki Breese-Iverson Republican Yea
Virgle Osborne Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Third reading. Carried by President Wagner. Passed.

Passed 29 Yea · 1 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 13000
Republican 7000
Unaffiliated 9100
Total 29100
% of votes cast 97%3%0%0%
How each member voted (30)
Member Party Vote
Sen Steiner — Yea
Aaron Woods — Yea
Art Robinson — Yea
Bill Hansell — Yea
Brian Boquist — Yea
Dennis Linthicum — Yea
Lynn Findley — Nay
Michael Dembrow — Yea
Sara Gelser — Yea
Tim Knopp — Yea
Chris Gorsek Democrat Yea
Deb Patterson Democrat Yea
Floyd Prozanski Democrat Yea
James Manning Jr. Democrat Yea
Janeen Sollman Democrat Yea
Jeff Golden Democrat Yea
Kate Lieber Democrat Yea
Kathleen Taylor Democrat Yea
Kayse Jama Democrat Yea
Lew Frederick Democrat Yea
Mark Meek Democrat Yea
Rob Wagner Democrat Yea
Wlnsvey Campos Democrat Yea
Cedric Hayden Republican Yea
Daniel Bonham Republican Yea
David Brock Smith Republican Yea
Dick Anderson Republican Yea
Fred Girod Republican Yea
Kim Thatcher Republican Yea
Suzanne Weber Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

education technology
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 1502 do?
<b>Digest: Requires most public schools and college boards to video record their meetings and post the meeting recordings on their websites and social media sites. This does not apply if a meeting is private or if a school district is very small. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.7).</b> [<i>Digest: Requires public schools and college boards to live stream their meetings and post the meeting recordings on their websites and social media sites. This does not apply if a meeting is private. Allows remote testimony for most school and college board meetings. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7).</i>] [<i>Requires the governing bodies of school districts, education service districts, community college districts and public universities to live stream governing body meetings, if technically practicable, and to post the recordings of the meetings on their official public body websites or social media sites. Excepts executive sessions. Requires educational institution governing bodies to also permit witnesses to testify via telephonic, electronic or virtual means if meetings also permit in-person oral testimony.</i>] <b>Requires school districts, education service districts, community college districts and public universities to make video recordings of governing body meetings or, if the public body's facilities lack broadband Internet access, to make audio recordings, and to post the video or audio recordings, as applicable, of the meetings on their official public body websites or social media sites. Excepts executive sessions and does not apply to school districts with less than 50 students.</b>
Who sponsors SB 1502?
SB 1502 is sponsored by Boomer Wright (Republican), Jules Walters (Democrat), Deb Patterson (Democrat), James Manning Jr. (Democrat), Suzanne Weber (Republican), Kim Thatcher (Republican), Janeen Sollman (Democrat), Emily McIntire (Republican), Ricki Ruiz (Democrat), Rob Wagner (Democrat), and Janelle Bynum.
What is the current status of SB 1502?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 05, 2024. Enacted.
Where can I track SB 1502?
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