---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to special vehicle registration for persons who qualify as former prisoners of war."
description: "Provides for one-time, decreased vehicle registration fee for former prisoners of war."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2149"
citation: "Oregon HB 2149 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Johnson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-31T00:07:46+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c19c04ad-fab1-4fb6-be20-f4df4aa14466"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2149"
source_hash: "1030e8dfad61d4aa83f8d78676186e30e255cc6a13bb243b55163fce762eb1ba"
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 2149 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to special vehicle registration for persons who qualify as former prisoners of war.

Provides for one-time, decreased vehicle registration fee for former prisoners of war.

## 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/HB2149/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2149/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Riley, Thomsen. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading as Special Order of Business. Carried by Johnson. Passed. — **60–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Mark Johnson — primary (person)
- Alan Olsen — cosponsor (person)
- Andy Olson — cosponsor (person)
- Betsy Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Post — cosponsor (person)
- Brad Witt — cosponsor (person)
- Chuck Thomsen — cosponsor (person)
- Gene Whisnant — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Parrish — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Devlin — cosponsor (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 Veterans and Emergency Preparedness. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-09T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-03-13T22:37:59+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14T16:04:23+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-15T16:17:44+00:00** Rules suspended. Made a Special Order of Business on March 15, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-03-15T18:33:31+00:00** Third reading as Special Order of Business. Carried by Johnson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-16T15:42:25+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20T15:54:16+00:00** Referred to Business and Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-01T22:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-04T16:04:25+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-04T18:20:45+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-08T18:41:40+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Riley, Thomsen. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-10T19:55:58+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-10T22:09:09+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-17T16:38:33+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-31T00:07:46+00:00** Chapter 62, (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/c19c04ad-fab1-4fb6-be20-f4df4aa14466`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).