Provides out-of-state members of the Oregon National Guard with in-state tuition and other higher education benefits.

83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Enrolled
Senate Bill 798
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the President of the Senate in conform-
ance with presession filing rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part of the
President (at the request of Governor Tina Kotek for Oregon Military Department)
CHAPTER .................................................
AN ACT
Relating to in-state tuition for members of the Oregon National Guard; amending ORS 352.313.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
ORS 352.313 is amended to read:
352.313. (1) As used in this section:
(a) “Active member of the Armed Forces of the United States” includes officers and enlisted
personnel of the Armed Forces of the United States who:
(A) Reside in this state while assigned to duty at any base, station, shore establishment or other
facility in this state;
(B) Reside in this state while serving as members of the crew of a ship that has an Oregon port
or shore establishment as its home port or permanent station; [ or]
(C) Reside in another state or a foreign country and establish Oregon residency by filing Oregon
state income taxes no later than 12 months before leaving active duty ; or
(D) Reside in another state and are members of the Oregon National Guard .
(b) “Armed Forces of the United States” includes:
(A) The Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard of the United States;
(B) Reserve components of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard of the
United States; and
(C) The National Guard of the United States and the Oregon National Guard.
(c) “Dependent children” includes any children of an active member of the Armed Forces of the
United States, of an active member of the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmo-
spheric Administration or of a member of the Public Health Service of the United States Department
of Health and Human Services detailed by proper authority for duty with the Army or Navy of the
United States, who:
(A) Are under 18 years of age and not married, otherwise emancipated or self-supporting; or
(B) Are under 23 years of age, unmarried, enrolled in a full-time course of study in an institution
of higher learning and dependent on the member for over one-half of their support.
(2) Active members of the Armed Forces of the United States, active members of the commis-
sioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and members of the Public
Health Service of the United States Department of Health and Human Services detailed by proper
authority for duty with the Army or Navy of the United States, and their spouses and dependent
children, are considered residents of this state for the purpose of admission and for the purpose of
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determining fees and tuition to be paid by such individuals while attending any public university
listed in ORS 352.002.
(3) The governing board of a public university listed in ORS 352.002 may contract with the
Armed Forces of the United States to furnish educational service to active members of the Armed
Forces of the United States.
(4) The governing board shall determine the number of such students that should be accepted
and shall make final decisions on admission of individual applicants.
(5) Students attending the public universities under contracts with the Armed Forces of the
United States under this section shall pay fees and tuition customarily charged Oregon students.
(6) Payments made by the Armed Forces of the United States under such contracts shall be de-
posited in a designated account in the same manner that fees and tuition payments for resident
students are deposited and credited.
Passed by Senate February 27, 2025
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Obadiah Rutledge, Secretary of Senate
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Rob Wagner, President of Senate
Passed by House May 14, 2025
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Julie Fahey, Speaker of House
Received by Governor:
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Approved:
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Tina Kotek, Governor
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
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Tobias Read, Secretary of State
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