2025HB 3028

Handing HECC Open-Ended Fee Power Over Private Colleges

2025 - Oregon Senate

Conservatives Oppose

Description

This bill eliminates statutory caps on fees the Higher Education Coordinating Commission may charge to review a school’s degree-authorization application and instead lets the commission set fees by rule to recoup its costs. It hands unelected regulators broad authority to hike fees on educational institutions, costs that will ultimately be passed on to students. CPAC opposes giving higher-ed regulators unchecked fee-setting power and opposed this bill. The Senate passed this bill on 2025-06-12 by a vote of 18-10. The bill later became law.

Voted Yes

Voted No

Did Not Vote

Legislators · 30

Legislator	Party	Lifetime Rating	Vote
Dick Anderson OR	Republican	62%	Conservative
Sara Gelser OR	Democrat	5%	Leftist
Daniel Bonham OR	Republican	85%	Conservative
Anthony Broadman OR	Democrat	13%	Leftist
Wlnsvey Campos OR	Democrat	4%	Leftist
Lew Frederick OR	Democrat	5%	Leftist
Fred Girod OR	Republican	74%	Conservative
Jeff Golden OR	Democrat	4%	Leftist
Chris Gorsek OR	Democrat	3%	Leftist
Cedric Hayden OR	Republican	67%	Conservative
Kayse Jama OR	Democrat	7%	Leftist
Kate Lieber OR	Democrat	4%	Leftist
Diane Linthicum OR	Republican	86%	Conservative
James Manning Jr. OR	Democrat	4%	Leftist
Mike McLane OR	Republican	86%	Conservative
Mark Meek OR	Democrat	8%	Leftist
Courtney Neron OR	Democrat	0%	Leftist
Todd Nash OR	Republican	50%	Did Not Vote
Deb Patterson OR	Democrat	6%	Leftist
Khanh Pham OR	Democrat	13%	Leftist
Floyd Prozanski OR	Democrat	5%	Leftist
Lisa Reynolds OR	Democrat	13%	Leftist
Noah Robinson OR	Republican	88%	Conservative
David Smith OR	Republican	70%	Conservative
Janeen Sollman OR	Democrat	6%	Leftist
Bruce Starr OR	Republican	83%	Did Not Vote
Kathleen Taylor OR	Democrat	5%	Leftist
Kim Thatcher OR	Republican	77%	Conservative
Rob Wagner OR	Democrat	4%	Leftist
Suzanne Weber OR	Republican	58%	Conservative