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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the Housing Choice Landlord Guarantee Program; and declaring an emergency."
+description: "Limits landlord assistance under Housing Choice Landlord Guarantee Program to damages awarded in judgment following hearing in which landlord proves amount of damages."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
+legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
+session: "2017 Regular Session"
+identifier: "HB 2944"
+citation: "Oregon HB 2944 (2017 Regular Session)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Tina Kotek"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2017-02-16T17:08:14+00:00"
+last_action: "2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f832af3c-0e96-4473-8ff0-d2ee94dd8e49"
+source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2944"
+source_hash: "b6e8379bfde7c2224b510bc0f53f45b6b182bc74f94b63f44ad6c07804fe9ceb"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-or"]
+---
+
+# Oregon HB 2944 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to the Housing Choice Landlord Guarantee Program; and declaring an emergency.
+
+Limits landlord assistance under Housing Choice Landlord Guarantee Program to damages awarded in judgment following hearing in which landlord proves amount of damages.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2944/House Amendments to Introduced)
+2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2944/Introduced)
+3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2944/A-Engrossed)
+4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2944/B-Engrossed)
+5. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2944/Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed)
+6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2944/Enrolled)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Third reading. Carried by Monnes Anderson. Passed. — **26–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Third reading. Carried by Speaker Kotek. Passed. — **59–0** (pass) · legislature
+- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **59–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Tina Kotek — primary (person)
+- Duane Stark — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-16T17:08:14+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-16T21:40:57+00:00** Referred to Human Services and Housing. `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-23T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
+- **2017-03-16T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2017-03-17T23:07:21+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-20T16:40:26+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2017-03-21T18:38:07+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Speaker Kotek. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-03-22T15:48:25+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-22T20:14:19+00:00** Referred to Human Services. `referral-committee`
+- **2017-05-01T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
+- **2017-05-17T20:22:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2017-05-23T15:29:16+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-05-24T18:28:24+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2017-05-25T19:08:55+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Monnes Anderson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-05-25T19:09:55+00:00** Burdick, Girod, Monnes Anderson, Monroe declared potential conflict of interest.
+- **2017-05-30T18:33:35+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
+- **2017-06-01T23:37:49+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2017-06-02T16:17:14+00:00** President signed. `passage`
+- **2017-06-08T21:41:07+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00** Chapter 271, (2017 Laws): Effective date June 8, 2017.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f832af3c-0e96-4473-8ff0-d2ee94dd8e49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).
+