---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to forfeiture of impounded animals."
description: "Provides that forfeiture petition may be filed for animal impounded pending outcome of animal crime even if specific animal is not named in charging instrument."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2625"
citation: "Oregon HB 2625 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
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/e2bb983f-3512-44ba-aa34-7c28da12240b"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2625"
source_hash: "171a647e1c6dc59832b193c9f66d524c0eb15891f7ead79faf7a47e98e9fc1e7"
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 2625 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to forfeiture of impounded animals.

Provides that forfeiture petition may be filed for animal impounded pending outcome of animal crime even if specific animal is not named in charging instrument.

## 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/HB2625/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2625/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2625/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2625/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Lininger. Passed. — **39–21** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **16–10** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **3–2** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **10–0** (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 Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-14T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-26T21:13:21+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-27T16:47:53+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-01T19:18:40+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 2, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-02T22:33:44+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 3, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-03T18:09:08+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 4, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-04T18:00:45+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Lininger. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-08T16:18:09+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09T16:03:29+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-22T15:32:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-24T15:30:10+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-24T18:28:24+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-25T19:08:34+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-30T23:23:35+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-31T17:23:29+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-08T21:41:07+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00** Chapter 279, (2017 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2018.
- **2017-03-29T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2bb983f-3512-44ba-aa34-7c28da12240b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).