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Higher Education

earlier: Higher Educationearlier: Higher Education and Workforce Development

On the record

2011–2025

7 session and interim terms

Members now

5

2025-2026 Interim

Meetings this term

1

recorded by OLIS

Staff

3

Lisa Gezelter

What the chair and the committee can do

Chair

calls meetings, sets the agenda

Majority of members

can compel a hearing within 5 business days

Final action

majority of the committee

Minority report

two dissenters may file one

About these figures

The chair calls meetings and sets the agenda; a hearing or work session must be scheduled within five business days if a majority of members request it in writing; amendments must be posted online four hours before action; final action needs a majority of the committee; two dissenting members may file a minority report. House Rules 8.15, 8.20, 8.25, 9.15 (adopted January 13, 2025). Jurisdiction is set by referral practice and chamber rules; OLIS records the committee's name and type, not a written jurisdiction statement.

Chairs by session

  1. 2011 interim

    Johnson

    Dembrow

  2. 2012R

    Johnson

    Dembrow

  3. 2023R

    Lively

  4. 2023-2024 Interim

    Hudson

  5. 2024R

    Lively

  6. 2025R

    Hudson

  7. 2025-2026 Interim

    Fragala

2025-2026 Interim

Jun 27, 2025 to open · 5 informational meeting, 1 organizational meeting, 2 unspecified

Members (5)

Staff (3)

Lisa Gezelter · LPRO AnalystEllen O'Brien · LPRO AnalystWilliam Best · Committee Assistant

Earlier terms

2025 Regular Session as Higher Education and Workforce Development · 7 members · 32 meetings · chairs: Hudson
Ellen O'Brien · LPRO AnalystLisa Gezelter · LPRO AnalystWilliam Best · Committee AssistantChris Bechtel · LPRO Fellow
2024 Regular Session 9 members · 10 meetings · chairs: Lively
Ellen O'Brien · LPRO AnalystLisa Gezelter · LPRO AnalystMaia Powloski · LPRO AnalystNakai Colmenares-Hawe · Committee AssistantTaylor Bickel · LPRO Analyst
2023-2024 Interim 9 members · 6 meetings · chairs: Hudson
Kristi Arrington · Committee AssistantEllen O'Brien · LPRO AnalystLisa Gezelter · LPRO Analyst
2023 Regular Session 9 members · 36 meetings · chairs: Lively
Ellen O'Brien · LPRO AnalystLisa Gezelter · LPRO Analyst
2012 Regular Session 8 members · 7 meetings · chairs: Johnson, Dembrow
DembrowCo-ChairGreenlickCo-Vice ChairJohnsonCo-ChairSprengerCo-Vice ChairHarkerHuntLindsaySheehan
Victoria Cox · Committee AdministratorMike Reiley · Committee Assistant
2011 - 2012 Interim 8 members · 6 meetings · chairs: Johnson, Dembrow
DembrowCo-ChairGreenlickCo-Vice ChairJohnsonCo-ChairSprengerCo-Vice ChairHarkerHuntLindsaySheehan
Victoria Cox · Committee AdministratorMike Reiley · Committee Assistant
Evidence for this page

Committee terms, members, staff, meetings, and agenda items come from the Oregon Legislative Information System’s official record, observed 2026-09-01. OLIS committee codes are stable identifiers across sessions; a renamed committee keeps its code and the name history is listed. A code reused for a different body would appear here as one committee and requires review.

Meeting counts are scheduled meetings recorded by the system, including cancelled ones where marked. Referral counts require the measure history and are shown on decision pages. Edition dated August 31, 2026.