---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to cider."
description: "Changes definition of \"cider\" for purposes of alcohol control laws and alcohol taxation laws. Exempts licensee producing only cider from certain winery licensee requirements regarding federal permits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2159"
citation: "Oregon HB 2159 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cdf2d39-5bd5-472d-bd44-bc2aa66630da"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2159"
source_hash: "6644f4d9bbac7668425b66495512dc069b8b6a17f937754b47da960bb0c1fe7c"
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 2159 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to cider.

Changes definition of "cider" for purposes of alcohol control laws and alcohol taxation laws. Exempts licensee producing only cider from certain winery licensee requirements regarding federal permits.

## 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/HB2159/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2159/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Lininger. Passed. — **59–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Thomsen. Passed. — **27–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## 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 with subsequent referral to Revenue. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06T16:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-03-07T23:30:06+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass and be referred to Revenue by prior reference. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07T23:30:07+00:00** Referred to Revenue by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-11T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-12T23:40:19+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-13T16:46:56+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-17T18:26:35+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 18, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-18T18:43:15+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 19, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-19T18:26:47+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Lininger. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-20T16:51:33+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-24T16:09:00+00:00** Referred to Business and Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-15T22:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-22T15:55:52+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-22T18:17:55+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-23T18:52:06+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Thomsen. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-25T19:27:15+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-26T16:02:57+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-06T19:33:32+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00** Chapter 202, (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/0cdf2d39-5bd5-472d-bd44-bc2aa66630da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).