---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to onsite treatment of certain wastes prior to application on exclusive farm use land; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Permits onsite treatment of septage prior to application <b>of biosolids</b> on exclusive farm use land using treatment facilities that are portable, temporary and transportable by truck trailer<b> during authorized period of time</b>."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2179"
citation: "Oregon HB 2179 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Clem", "Duane Stark"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
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/97102dd7-87a9-4e42-bae5-9bd0a1a1ccae"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2179"
source_hash: "22e6dd47c080c0ca177179ffa54953f02f2d7352cc200cca0178c8730c9c9287"
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 2179 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to onsite treatment of certain wastes prior to application on exclusive farm use land; and declaring an emergency.

Permits onsite treatment of septage prior to application <b>of biosolids</b> on exclusive farm use land using treatment facilities that are portable, temporary and transportable by truck trailer<b> during authorized period of time</b>.

## 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/HB2179/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2179/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2179/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2179/B-Engrossed)
5. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2179/Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2179/Enrolled)

## Votes

- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **56–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Baertschiger Jr. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Stark. Passed. — **56–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Brian Clem — primary (person)
- Duane Stark — primary (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Herman Baertschiger Jr. — 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 Agriculture and Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02T16:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-28T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-03-31T16:51:19+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03T16:05:35+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-04T18:20:33+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 5, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-05T18:13:50+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Stark. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-06T15:57:23+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-10T22:22:09+00:00** Referred to Environment and Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-03T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-08T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-09T21:21:48+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-10T17:06:45+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-11T18:48:28+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Baertschiger Jr. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-16T18:39:44+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2017-05-19T00:17:40+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-22T16:07:02+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-25T16:37:15+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00** Chapter 148, (2017 Laws): Effective date May 25, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97102dd7-87a9-4e42-bae5-9bd0a1a1ccae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).