---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Wildfire Damage Housing Relief Account; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Housing and Community Services Department for deposit into Wildfire Damage Housing Relief Account."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2741"
citation: "Oregon HB 2741 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Huffman", "Mike McLane"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-01T17:23:43+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-18T18:19:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e19e790e-1106-4cad-90b4-a1592fb1246e"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2741"
source_hash: "a79bdc959ad5bb9283f9e6afcc459c4774e4e659880f393ce312f4ee82073f73"
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 2741 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to the Wildfire Damage Housing Relief Account; and declaring an emergency.

Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Housing and Community Services Department for deposit into Wildfire Damage Housing Relief Account.

## 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/HB2741/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2741/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2741/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2741/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by McLane. Passed. — **59–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- John Huffman — primary (person)
- Mike McLane — primary (person)
- Greg Smith — 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 Human Services and Housing with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06T15:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-04-12T22:13:14+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-12T22:13:15+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-18T21:50:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Transportation and Economic Development. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-28T20:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2017-06-28T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-06-29T19:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-30T22:54:02+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-01T15:50:06+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-05T17:59:48+00:00** Third reading. Carried by McLane. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-05T18:53:22+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-05T20:33:21+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-06T14:53:00+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-06T19:16:11+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-06T21:25:36+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-10T21:30:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-18T18:09:30+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-08-08T23:30:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-18T18:19:59+00:00** Chapter 660, (2017 Laws): Effective date August 8, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e19e790e-1106-4cad-90b4-a1592fb1246e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).