---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to abandoned cemeteries; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Allows State Parks and Recreation Department to issue permits to entities to restore, maintain and preserve abandoned cemeteries. Allows department to adopt rules relating to issuance of permits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2516"
citation: "Oregon HB 2516 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Gomberg"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bf69c29-3859-4c40-be86-bd82c91c6181"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2516"
source_hash: "24a39014b6f03fcd064a9d5e9216cb66926468aa4480b8a65467ec42301a9a69"
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 2516 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to abandoned cemeteries; and declaring an emergency.

Allows State Parks and Recreation Department to issue permits to entities to restore, maintain and preserve abandoned cemeteries. Allows department to adopt rules relating to issuance of permits.

## 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/HB2516/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2516/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. — **50–9** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Olsen. Passed. — **28–2** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- David Gomberg — primary (person)

## 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 Agriculture and Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-09T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-03-10T22:48:57+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-13T15:57:58+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-14T18:49:01+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-15T16:07:39+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20T15:54:16+00:00** Referred to Environment and Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-08T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-11T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-16T15:33:35+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-16T18:23:12+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-17T19:07:48+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Olsen. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-22T15:49:31+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-22T22:45:48+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-25T16:37:15+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00** Chapter 160, (2017 Laws): Effective date May 25, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5bf69c29-3859-4c40-be86-bd82c91c6181`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).