HB3275 • 2025

Requires public universities and community colleges to charge tuition and fees no greater than the resident rate for an active member of the Armed Forces of the United States and for a spouse or dependent child of an active member of the Armed Forces of the United States.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Representative Evans
Last action: 2025-06-27
Official status: In House Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Requires public universities and community colleges to charge tuition and fees no greater than the resident rate for an active member of the Armed Forces of the United States and for a spouse or dependent child of an active member of the Armed Forces of the United States.

Digest: Tells public higher learning schools not to charge tuition and fees larger than the resident rate for those linked to the armed forces.

What This Bill Does

Digest: Tells public higher learning schools not to charge tuition and fees larger than the resident rate for those linked to the armed forces.
(Flesch Readability Score: 73.1).
Requires public universities and community colleges to charge tuition and fees no greater than the resident rate for an active member of the Armed Forces of the United States and for a spouse or dependent child of an active member of the Armed Forces of the United States.
Relating to: Relating to tuition at post-secondary institutions of education.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-06-27 House
In committee upon adjournment.
2025-01-24 House
Referred to Higher Education and Workforce Development.
2025-01-21 House
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: Tells public higher learning schools not to charge tuition and fees larger than the resident rate for those linked to the armed forces. (Flesch Readability Score: 73.1).
Requires public universities and community colleges to charge tuition and fees no greater than the resident rate for an active member of the Armed Forces of the United States and for a spouse or dependent child of an active member of the Armed Forces of the United States.
Relating to: Relating to tuition at post-secondary institutions of education.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3275
Sponsored by Representative EVANS
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: Tells public higher learning schools not to charge tuition and fees larger than the resi-
dent rate for those linked to the armed forces. (Flesch Readability Score: 73.1).
Requires public universities and community colleges to charge tuition and fees no greater than
the resident rate for an active member of the Armed Forces of the United States and for a spouse
or dependent child of an active member of the Armed Forces of the United States.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to tuition at post-secondary institutions of education; amending ORS 350.287.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
ORS 350.287 is amended to read:
350.287. (1) A public university listed in ORS 352.002 or a community college shall charge
an enrolled student who is not a resident of this state and who is attending classes as an
undergraduate or graduate student on a public university or community college campus in
this state tuition and fees no greater than the resident rate if the student:
(a) Is an active member of the Armed Forces of the United States;
(b) Is the spouse of an active member of the Armed Forces of the United States; or
(c) Is the dependent child of an active member of the Armed Forces of the United States.
[(1)] (2) Spouses or dependent children of active members of the Armed Forces of the United
States who, at the time of their acceptance to a community college or public university listed in
ORS 352.002, are considered residents for the purpose of admission or for the purpose of determining
fees and tuition to be paid while attending the community college or public university, shall con-
tinue to be considered residents for as long as the spouses or dependent children remain contin-
uously enrolled at the community college or public university.
[(2)] (3) As used in this section, “active member of the Armed Forces of the United States” and
“dependent children” have the meaning given those terms in ORS 352.313.
NOTE: Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [ italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
LC 3156