SB 1596 — Directs the State Board of Education to allow play-based learning to be considered instructional time for students in kindergarten through grade five.
Congress · introduced 2026-01-20
Digest: Allows learning by playing to count towards time required by the State Board of Education. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). Directs the State Board of Education to allow play-based learning to be considered instructional time for students in kindergarten through grade five.
Latest action: — Chapter Number Assigned
Sponsors
- Frederick, Lew (D, OR-22) — sponsor
- Manning Jr., James (D, OR-7) — sponsor
- Campos, Wlnsvey (D, OR-18) — cosponsor
- Golden, Jeff (D, OR-3) — cosponsor
- Jama, Kayse (D, OR-24) — cosponsor
- Prozanski, Floyd (D, OR-4) — cosponsor
- Weber, Suzanne (R, OR-16) — cosponsor
- Andersen, Tom (D, OR-19) — cosponsor
- Gamba, Mark (D, OR-41) — cosponsor
- Helm, Ken (D, OR-27) — cosponsor
- Isadore, Shannon (D, OR-33) — cosponsor
- Nelson, Travis (D, OR-44) — cosponsor
- Pham, Hai (D, OR-36) — cosponsor
- Wise, Lamar (D, OR-48) — cosponsor
- McIntire, Emily (R, OR-56) — cosponsor
- Grayber, Dacia (D, OR-28) — cosponsor
Action timeline
- · state_upper — Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
- · state_upper — Referred to Education.
- · state_upper — Public Hearing held.
- · state_upper — Work Session held.
- · state_upper — Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.)
- · state_upper — Second reading.
- · state_upper — Carried over to 02-18 by unanimous consent.
- · state_upper — Carried over to 02-19 by virtue of adjournment.
- · state_upper — Third reading. Carried by Weber. Passed.
- · state_lower — First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
- · state_lower — Referred to Education.
- · state_lower — Public Hearing held.
- · state_lower — Work Session held.
- · state_lower — Recommendation: Do pass.
- · state_lower — Second reading.
- · state_lower — Third reading. Carried by Fragala. Passed.
- · state_upper — President signed.
- · state_lower — Speaker signed.
- · state_upper — Governor signed.
- · state_upper — Chapter 27, 2026 Laws.
- · state_upper — Effective date, January 1, 2027.
Text versions
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Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frederick, Lew (D, state_upper OR-22) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Manning Jr., James (D, state_upper OR-7) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 3 | Andersen, Tom (D, state_lower OR-19) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Campos, Wlnsvey (D, state_upper OR-18) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Gamba, Mark (D, state_lower OR-41) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Golden, Jeff (D, state_upper OR-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Grayber, Dacia (D, state_lower OR-28) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Helm, Ken (D, state_lower OR-27) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Isadore, Shannon (D, state_lower OR-33) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Jama, Kayse (D, state_upper OR-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | McIntire, Emily (R, state_lower OR-56) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Nelson, Travis (D, state_lower OR-44) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Pham, Hai (D, state_lower OR-36) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Prozanski, Floyd (D, state_upper OR-4) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Weber, Suzanne (R, state_upper OR-16) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Wise, Lamar (D, state_lower OR-48) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no