---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to hunter mentoring programs."
description: "Extends age range of youth eligible to participate in youth hunter mentoring program to persons between nine and 16 years of age."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2566"
citation: "Oregon HB 2566 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Witt"]
version_count: 4
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/67318da2-e4e3-4c9e-b462-232a92f1f05d"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2566"
source_hash: "9abdb63b7b417f48a57bc0e9a1b5900743b7ea337d21d9ebd7bd1dc5ee7f2cca"
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 2566 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to hunter mentoring programs.

Extends age range of youth eligible to participate in youth hunter mentoring program to persons between nine and 16 years of age.

## 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/HB2566/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2566/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2566/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2566/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Baertschiger Jr. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Witt. Passed. — **56–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Brad Witt — primary (person)
- Bill Kennemer — cosponsor (person)
- Caddy McKeown — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Smith — cosponsor (person)
- John Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Mike McLane — cosponsor (person)
- Sal Esquivel — cosponsor (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`
- **2017-03-07T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-04T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-10T21:56:09+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-11T16:00:38+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-12T18:29:45+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 13, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-13T18:54:33+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Witt. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-17T16:07:26+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19T16:27:18+00:00** Referred to Environment and Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-03T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-08T15:55:55+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-08T17:33:45+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-09T18:50:09+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Baertschiger Jr. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-10T22:24:54+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-11T15:32:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-17T16:38:33+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-31T00:07:46+00:00** Chapter 77, (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/67318da2-e4e3-4c9e-b462-232a92f1f05d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).