---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to forest products harvest taxation; prescribing an effective date; and providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths majority."
description: "Extends privilege taxes on merchantable forest products harvested on forestlands."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2270"
citation: "Oregon HB 2270 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-10T22:35:10+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86d18c6b-bc70-4b01-8463-3c2e7351cf76"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2270"
source_hash: "3f18a13f388121aaea5b1d0d871da9039679fe581a426202c0ee34db3e32070c"
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 2270 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to forest products harvest taxation; prescribing an effective date; and providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths majority.

Extends privilege taxes on merchantable forest products harvested on forestlands.

## 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/HB2270/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2270/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2270/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2270/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Helm. Passed, having received the required three-fifths majority. — **43–16** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed. — **21–9** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **42–2** (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 Revenue. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-06-01T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-06T15:25:10+00:00** Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Ways and Means.
- **2017-06-06T15:25:11+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-18T21:50:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-27T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-06-29T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-30T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-07-04T22:44:16+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-05T15:25:47+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-05T23:19:15+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Helm. Passed, having received the required three-fifths majority. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-06T15:10:01+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-06T17:50:09+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-07T00:51:00+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-07T00:24:16+00:00** Rules suspended. Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-07T02:02:35+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-05T23:20:15+00:00** Potential conflict(s) of interest declared by Hayden.
- **2017-07-05T23:21:15+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Smith DB.
- **2017-07-10T21:30:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-18T18:09:30+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-08-02T18:41:09+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-10T22:35:10+00:00** Chapter 621, (2017 Laws): Effective date October 6, 2017.
- **2017-07-07T02:03:35+00:00** Hass declared potential conflict of interest.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86d18c6b-bc70-4b01-8463-3c2e7351cf76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).