---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to maritime pilotage."
description: "Exempts certain towing vessels and their towed barges from requirement that Oregon Board of Maritime Pilots licensee pilot vessel."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2695"
citation: "Oregon HB 2695 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caddy McKeown"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-22T21:55:15+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83a678d6-cc5f-40a9-9d1d-6d8ab16f350f"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2695"
source_hash: "8a8cdaa2b16855405c81da55b38c1398e5ead62d0677d269efab4ab29291f254"
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 2695 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to maritime pilotage.

Exempts certain towing vessels and their towed barges from requirement that Oregon Board of Maritime Pilots licensee pilot vessel.

## 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/HB2695/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2695/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2695/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2695/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by McKeown. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. — **18–10** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **3–2** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Caddy McKeown — primary (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- David Gomberg — 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 Transportation Policy. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-02-24T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-02-28T23:04:50+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01T17:26:23+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-02T19:55:35+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 6, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-03-06T19:28:13+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 7, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-03-07T19:36:08+00:00** Third reading. Carried by McKeown. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-08T16:44:28+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13T15:57:47+00:00** Referred to Business and Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-03T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-10T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-30T16:57:35+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-30T18:30:21+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-31T19:19:34+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-06T00:22:07+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-07T15:13:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-14T23:04:23+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-22T21:55:15+00:00** Chapter 292, (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/83a678d6-cc5f-40a9-9d1d-6d8ab16f350f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).