---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to vermouth sales by retail sellers of distilled liquor."
description: "Allows liquor stores and distillery retail outlet agents to sell vermouth."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2089"
citation: "Oregon HB 2089 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ann Lininger", "David Gomberg", "Greg Smith"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-22T20:07:54+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1138b4b-39fe-44d1-a67d-50ec992903bc"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2089"
source_hash: "93825855275078d5bb5edd7ddfc456cad9d64b1311aaa24e153cee9495eddb16"
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 2089 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to vermouth sales by retail sellers of distilled liquor.

Allows liquor stores and distillery retail outlet agents to sell vermouth.

## 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/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2089/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2089/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Girod. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ann Lininger — primary (person)
- David Gomberg — primary (person)
- Greg Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18T01:55:48+00:00** Referred to Economic Development and Trade. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06T16:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-03-07T23:30:05+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08T16:58:07+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-09T19:45:30+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 13, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-03-13T18:31:50+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-14T16:07:41+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15T15:39:17+00:00** Referred to Business and Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-24T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-04-27T16:40:52+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-27T18:28:18+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-01T18:25:38+00:00** Carried over to 05-02 by unanimous consent.
- **2017-05-02T19:13:16+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Girod. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-04T21:23:46+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-09T18:48:15+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-15T21:48:06+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-22T20:07:54+00:00** Chapter 31, (2017 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1138b4b-39fe-44d1-a67d-50ec992903bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).