---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to disqualification of forestland; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Provides that disqualification of land designated as forestland shall be deemed to occur as of January 1 assessment date of assessment year in which discovery occurs, regardless of when discovery actually occurs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2281"
citation: "Oregon HB 2281 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-05T18:08:25+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48f1679d-beea-4a35-970a-ed99db5f64b7"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2281"
source_hash: "ae9be416705f89ca647ead061c8def1337a8f92d84bc0677a208b6a4e90546d7"
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 2281 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to disqualification of forestland; and prescribing an effective date.

Provides that disqualification of land designated as forestland shall be deemed to occur as of January 1 assessment date of assessment year in which discovery occurs, regardless of when discovery actually occurs.

## 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/HB2281/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2281/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Marsh. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Boquist. Passed. — **29–0** (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 Revenue. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-02-22T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-02-24T16:47:50+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-27T16:34:19+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-01T19:53:24+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Marsh. 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`
- **2017-04-12T15:32:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-04-13T16:45:17+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-13T18:23:23+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-17T18:24:03+00:00** Carried over to 04-18 by unanimous consent.
- **2017-04-18T17:05:39+00:00** Carried over to 04-19 by unanimous consent.
- **2017-04-19T19:10:33+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Boquist. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-21T21:24:20+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-24T16:28:36+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-01T17:31:50+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-05T18:08:25+00:00** Chapter 25, (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/48f1679d-beea-4a35-970a-ed99db5f64b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).