---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to motor vehicles weighing more than 26,000 pounds."
description: "Allows weighmaster or motor carrier enforcement officer to enforce law prohibiting illegal alteration or display of registration plate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2291"
citation: "Oregon HB 2291 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
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/a52e7e35-e2a3-4c06-983e-b14ee6dcfef5"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2291"
source_hash: "8b2982182c79640d3c76bfe887c022787be708d8614a0283eefeb8c9c28679d5"
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 2291 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to motor vehicles weighing more than 26,000 pounds.

Allows weighmaster or motor carrier enforcement officer to enforce law prohibiting illegal alteration or display of registration plate.

## 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/HB2291/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2291/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2291/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2291/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Meek. Passed. — **60–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Monroe. Passed. — **27–2** (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 Transportation Policy. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-15T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-03-20T18:58:31+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-21T16:01:20+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-22T18:42:11+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Meek. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-23T16:22:55+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28T16:02:25+00:00** Referred to Business and Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26T22:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-01T15:31:55+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.
- **2017-05-03T19:04:22+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Monroe. 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 45, (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/a52e7e35-e2a3-4c06-983e-b14ee6dcfef5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).