---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to statements of economic interest."
description: "Requires that all candidates who will appear on primary or general election ballot file statements of economic interest."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2298"
citation: "Oregon HB 2298 (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: "2017-05-31T00:07:46+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86fb1bea-a7b4-42cd-8ed7-23bd0714603f"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2298"
source_hash: "d53b0eb05180ca7afdb04c626b08733c6e3da8b09230f6f9cfed302c2caf3338"
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 2298 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to statements of economic interest.

Requires that all candidates who will appear on primary or general election ballot file statements of economic interest.

## 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/HB2298/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2298/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Boquist. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Williamson. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (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 Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-28T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-03-30T21:55:01+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03T16:05:35+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-04T18:20:33+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 5, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-05T18:16:40+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Williamson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-06T15:57:23+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-10T22:22:09+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-01T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-03T15:32:57+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-03T17:58:58+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-04T18:24:21+00:00** Carried over to 05-08 by unanimous consent.
- **2017-05-08T18:31:34+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Boquist. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-10T19:55:58+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-10T22:09:09+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-17T16:38:33+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-31T00:07:46+00:00** Chapter 64, (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/86fb1bea-a7b4-42cd-8ed7-23bd0714603f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).