---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to formation of a political committee."
description: "Exempts fees associated with filing voters' pamphlet statement from $750 threshold required to file as political committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2586"
citation: "Oregon HB 2586 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan Rayfield"]
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/b335279d-0b2a-4a59-95c7-8e2bdb0027ec"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2586"
source_hash: "e24f219adda2b466684925223c18425a9ec738cc3580619c7ca84aaf477bcca4"
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 2586 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to formation of a political committee.

Exempts fees associated with filing voters' pamphlet statement from $750 threshold required to file as political committee.

## 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/HB2586/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2586/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Boquist. Passed. — **28–2** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Rayfield. Passed. — **48–11** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Dan Rayfield — 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 Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-06T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-10T23:00:59+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `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.
- **2017-04-13T18:37:52+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 17, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-17T18:42:58+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Rayfield. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-18T16:14:29+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19T16:27:18+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-03T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-08T15:55:57+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-08T17:33:45+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-09T18:53:46+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Boquist. 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 80, (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/b335279d-0b2a-4a59-95c7-8e2bdb0027ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).