---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Eastern Oregon Border Economic Development Region; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Defines \"Eastern Oregon Border Economic Development Region.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2012"
citation: "Oregon HB 2012 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cliff Bentz", "Tina Kotek"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-23T16:42:49+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-18T18:00:20+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf0e1680-f573-4566-9b20-d7c5f9ecf7a2"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2012"
source_hash: "50787fa18c5443832dadd8a5054873a956ea40abbdc33d80ecf83141e17c443e"
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 2012 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to Eastern Oregon Border Economic Development Region; and declaring an emergency.

Defines "Eastern Oregon Border Economic Development Region."

## 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/HB2012/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2012/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2012/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2012/B-Engrossed)
5. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2012/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2012/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Bentz. Passed. — **59–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **44–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Cliff Bentz — primary (person)
- Tina Kotek — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-23T16:42:49+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23T22:40:06+00:00** Referred to Economic Development and Trade with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-12T15:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-17T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-19T19:56:06+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-19T19:57:29+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-26T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-06-20T18:37:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Transportation and Economic Development. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-27T18:35:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Capital Construction. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-27T19:59:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Transportation and Economic Development. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-29T20:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2017-06-29T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-30T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-07-05T19:45:41+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-05T21:15:52+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-06T02:48:40+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Bentz. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-06T15:10:01+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-06T17:50:09+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-07T00:15:00+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-07T00:24:16+00:00** Rules suspended. Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-07T01:49:25+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-10T21:30:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-18T18:09:30+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-08-15T19:02:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-18T18:00:20+00:00** Chapter 703, (2017 Laws): Effective date August 15, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf0e1680-f573-4566-9b20-d7c5f9ecf7a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).