---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to workers' compensation coverage for self-insured public bodies."
description: "Provides that Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services may certify self-insurance program created by intergovernmental agreement as self-insured employer for purposes of workers' compensation insurance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2186"
citation: "Oregon HB 2186 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7052d6a1-449c-489e-8e5d-cca1aceb5f85"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2186"
source_hash: "b3970f8fc4b6db331772ba072f32dcbd98a823f8cb62ac59c31a52f13fff0b85"
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 2186 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to workers' compensation coverage for self-insured public bodies.

Provides that Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services may certify self-insurance program created by intergovernmental agreement as self-insured employer for purposes of workers' compensation insurance.

## 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/HB2186/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2186/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Evans. Passed. — **58–0** (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 Business and Labor. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-02-20T21:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-02-23T22:34:58+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-27T16:34:19+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-01T19:38:43+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Evans. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-02T16:31:36+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-03T23:50:22+00:00** Referred to Workforce. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-01T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-08T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-10T15:24:05+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-10T17:06:45+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-11T18:50:12+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-12T21:28:04+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-15T15:24:36+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-23T20:02:58+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00** Chapter 118, (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/7052d6a1-449c-489e-8e5d-cca1aceb5f85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).