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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to tax for emergency communications; and providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths majority."
+description: "Increases rate of tax for emergency communications. Decreases percentage of moneys in Emergency Communications Account that may be expended for administrative costs.<b> Phases in increase and decrease over one-year period.</b>"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
+legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
+session: "2019 Regular Session"
+identifier: "HB 2449"
+citation: "Oregon HB 2449 (2019 Regular Session)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Greg Smith", "John Lively", "Lynn Findley", "Pam Marsh", "Ron Noble"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
+last_action: "2019-08-14T21:32:36+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f7b38dd-0647-493d-9621-89a47fde6e95"
+source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2449"
+source_hash: "120381f042f22be6d72dcc29c3e7208a034ae64d8913a21da2a8ca411e032c2a"
+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 2449 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to tax for emergency communications; and providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths majority.
+
+Increases rate of tax for emergency communications. Decreases percentage of moneys in Emergency Communications Account that may be expended for administrative costs.<b> Phases in increase and decrease over one-year period.</b>
+
+## 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/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2449/House Amendments to Introduced)
+2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2449/Introduced)
+3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2449/A-Engrossed)
+4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2449/B-Engrossed)
+5. **HREV Amendment -A13** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16518)
+6. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2449/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
+7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2449/Enrolled)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third reading. Carried by Riley. Passed. — **23–5** (pass) · upper
+- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–1** (pass) · lower
+- Heard and Reported Out — **3–1** (pass) · upper
+- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–1** (pass) · lower
+- Third reading. Carried by Findley. Passed. — **48–10** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Greg Smith — primary (person)
+- John Lively — primary (person)
+- Lynn Findley — primary (person)
+- Pam Marsh — primary (person)
+- Ron Noble — primary (person)
+- Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
+- Gary Leif — cosponsor (person)
+- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
+- Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
+- Rick Lewis — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-15T23:56:58+00:00** Referred to Veterans and Emergency Preparedness with subsequent referral to Revenue. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-12T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
+- **2019-04-04T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2019-04-15T23:23:15+00:00** Without recommendation as to passage, with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Revenue by prior reference.
+- **2019-04-15T23:23:16+00:00** Referred to Revenue by prior reference. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-22T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
+- **2019-05-30T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2019-06-04T21:07:22+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-05T17:16:11+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2019-06-06T18:03:21+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Findley. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-06-06T18:04:21+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Smith DB.
+- **2019-06-10T15:52:31+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-11T15:27:02+00:00** Referred to Finance and Revenue. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-18T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
+- **2019-06-19T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2019-06-29T15:05:16+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-29T17:37:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2019-06-30T19:30:46+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Riley. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-07-02T22:16:59+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2019-06-30T19:31:46+00:00** Gelser, excused, granted unanimous consent to vote aye.
+- **2019-07-03T21:51:02+00:00** President signed. `passage`
+- **2019-08-09T23:53:36+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2019-08-14T21:32:36+00:00** Chapter 653, (2019 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2020.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f7b38dd-0647-493d-9621-89a47fde6e95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).
+