---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Greenlight Oregon Labor Rebate Fund."
description: "Permits Oregon Film and Video Office to deduct from labor rebate amounts spent on workforce development and educational efforts for qualifying film production."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2244"
citation: "Oregon HB 2244 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
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/8d986451-f48d-44cd-b8ae-11fec8a80970"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2244"
source_hash: "ccd7de06424e4861bb9d766fd56507c2a77adbbd5c38a75597aa41cfc91264c9"
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 2244 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to Greenlight Oregon Labor Rebate Fund.

Permits Oregon Film and Video Office to deduct from labor rebate amounts spent on workforce development and educational efforts for qualifying film production.

## 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/HB2244/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2244/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2244/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2244/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Smith DB. Passed. — **54–3** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Riley. Passed. — **22–8** (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. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-02-15T16:07:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-02-17T21:43:13+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-20T17:14:31+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-02-22T19:41:18+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Smith DB. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-23T16:54:53+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-27T22:44:05+00:00** Referred to Finance and Revenue. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-26T15:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-01T15:31:47+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-01T18:25:38+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-02T17:10:58+00:00** Carried over to 05-03 by unanimous consent.
- **2017-05-03T18:48:57+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Riley. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-05T16:15:39+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 38, (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/8d986451-f48d-44cd-b8ae-11fec8a80970`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).