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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to retirement of employees of Harney County Health District; and declaring an emergency."
+description: "Authorizes Harney County Health District to offer alternative retirement programs in addition to Public Employees Retirement System."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
+legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
+session: "2019 Regular Session"
+identifier: "HB 2972"
+citation: "Oregon HB 2972 (2019 Regular Session)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Lynn Findley"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2019-02-18T17:02:51+00:00"
+last_action: "2019-07-02T21:19:47+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bb89675-d897-4eba-8211-d853fafdc71b"
+source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2972"
+source_hash: "7aa3184baac4176693aa13c85428f109bd3b76aed7417d795766bbaffe647f34"
+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 2972 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to retirement of employees of Harney County Health District; and declaring an emergency.
+
+Authorizes Harney County Health District to offer alternative retirement programs in addition to Public Employees Retirement System.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2972/Introduced)
+2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2972/Enrolled)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper
+- Heard and Reported Out — **36–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Third reading. Carried by Findley. Passed. — **60–0** (pass) · lower
+- Heard and Reported Out — **10–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Lynn Findley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-18T17:02:51+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-21T19:58:45+00:00** Referred to Business and Labor. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-03T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
+- **2019-04-09T00:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2019-04-16T19:16:55+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass and be referred to Ways and Means. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-16T19:16:56+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-21T18:43:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On General Government. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-29T22:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
+- **2019-05-29T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2019-05-31T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2019-06-05T19:25:24+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-06T17:36:16+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2019-06-10T17:38:40+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Findley. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-06-11T15:42:03+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-12T15:32:26+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-13T15:25:34+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-06-13T23:13:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2019-06-17T19:07:27+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-06-18T20:39:04+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2019-06-19T19:20:30+00:00** President signed. `passage`
+- **2019-06-25T21:33:26+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2019-07-02T21:19:47+00:00** Chapter 496, (2019 Laws): Effective date June 25, 2019.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9bb89675-d897-4eba-8211-d853fafdc71b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).
+