---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to small claims."
description: "Modifies requirements for appearance of spouses who are parties to case in small claims department of circuit court or justice court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2734"
citation: "Oregon HB 2734 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mitch Greenlick"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-01T17:23:43+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58fca8a5-837e-4bbc-8522-630649f51207"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2734"
source_hash: "71ae2c77d16912878f4f5a1f23161c799677abb64a9cebbfb3e1476fa3be6ee3"
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 2734 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to small claims.

Modifies requirements for appearance of spouses who are parties to case in small claims department of circuit court or justice court.

## 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/HB2734/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2734/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2734/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2734/B-Engrossed)
5. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2734/Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2734/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **59–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. — **27–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Greenlick. Passed. — **59–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Mitch Greenlick — primary (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (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 Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-05T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-11T19:15:53+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-12T16:28:22+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-13T18:37:52+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 17, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-17T18:26:35+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 18, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-18T18:34:06+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 19, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-19T18:24:11+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Greenlick. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-20T16:51:33+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-24T16:09:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-16T15:17:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-19T15:31:10+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-22T18:17:55+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-23T18:28:59+00:00** Carried over to 05-24 by unanimous consent.
- **2017-05-24T18:55:33+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-30T18:27:52+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2017-06-01T23:37:49+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-02T16:17:14+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-08T21:41:07+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00** Chapter 268, (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/58fca8a5-837e-4bbc-8522-630649f51207`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).