---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to certificates of property tax assessment; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Repeals disused statute granting right to any person assessed for property taxes to demand official certificate of assessment and fining assessor $100 for refusal in action before county justice of peace."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2280"
citation: "Oregon HB 2280 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-22T20:29:24+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c512a5eb-2d1d-403a-93a8-67db1c2a4bfa"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2280"
source_hash: "a1f5555484613a6e11984034a6f993ba610bb91850d439c2775d61b77d2be61e"
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 2280 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to certificates of property tax assessment; and prescribing an effective date.

Repeals disused statute granting right to any person assessed for property taxes to demand official certificate of assessment and fining assessor $100 for refusal in action before county justice of peace.

## 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/HB2280/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2280/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Riley. Passed. — **26–2** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Buehler. Passed. — **58–0** (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 Revenue. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-02-22T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-02-24T16:47:49+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-27T16:34:19+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-01T19:51:11+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Buehler. 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 Finance and Revenue. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19T15:32:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-04-24T15:37:14+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-24T17:04:12+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-25T18:32:38+00:00** Carried over to 04-26 by unanimous consent.
- **2017-04-26T19:44:07+00:00** Carried over to 04-27 by unanimous consent.
- **2017-04-27T19:11:44+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Riley. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-27T19:12:44+00:00** Girod declared potential conflict of interest.
- **2017-05-02T23:36:38+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-04T19:25:44+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-09T16:35:57+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-22T20:29:24+00:00** Chapter 28, (2017 Laws): Effective date October 6, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c512a5eb-2d1d-403a-93a8-67db1c2a4bfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).