---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to agriculture."
description: "Makes golf course on high-value farmland meeting certain criteria conditional use in area zoned for exclusive farm use."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2730"
citation: "Oregon HB 2730 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Clem", "David Brock Smith"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-01T17:23:43+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-28T20:55:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9acfb4eb-92e6-4514-b607-9e9d81275b6f"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2730"
source_hash: "02dbe5e6e2357ce1e0be6ab392bb95acf216c57624f69ce9fd4123ae3b464429"
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 2730 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to agriculture.

Makes golf course on high-value farmland meeting certain criteria conditional use in area zoned for exclusive farm use.

## 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/HB2730/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2730/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2730/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2730/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Smith DB. Passed. — **52–5** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Baertschiger Jr. Passed. — **27–2** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Brian Clem — primary (person)
- David Brock Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-01T17:23:43+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06T19:53:14+00:00** Referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-18T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-24T19:38:30+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-25T17:42:01+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-26T23:02:29+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 27, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-27T21:12:55+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 1, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-01T19:18:40+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 2, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-02T22:19:58+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Smith DB. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-03T16:10:08+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-05T16:24:44+00:00** Referred to Environment and Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-24T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-31T22:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-05T15:48:10+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-05T19:18:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-06T23:46:11+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Baertschiger Jr. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-09T19:03:51+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-12T23:48:41+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-20T20:26:40+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-28T20:55:59+00:00** Chapter 393, (2017 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2018.
- **2017-04-13T15:01:00+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/9acfb4eb-92e6-4514-b607-9e9d81275b6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).