---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to facilitating the transition to a not less than 10 cent refund value of certain beverage containers beginning in 2017; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Requires payment of refund value of 10 cents for certain beverage containers on and after April 1, 2017, regardless of refund value indicated on beverage container."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2746"
citation: "Oregon HB 2746 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ann Lininger"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-01T17:23:43+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-28T23:13:45+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec431082-d26a-433b-bb11-c5c3e174d7e4"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2746"
source_hash: "da416d86764a9a00e1bafcbead330aa068ebeea55fd8b4fa180706936734dc47"
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 2746 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to facilitating the transition to a not less than 10 cent refund value of certain beverage containers beginning in 2017; and declaring an emergency.

Requires payment of refund value of 10 cents for certain beverage containers on and after April 1, 2017, regardless of refund value indicated on beverage container.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2746/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2746/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. — **23–4** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Lininger. Passed. — **55–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ann Lininger — primary (person)
- Alan Olsen — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Clem — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Holvey — 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`
- **2017-02-07T18:00:53+00:00** Referred to Energy and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-02-16T23:23:20+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-20T17:14:31+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-02-22T19:52:59+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Lininger. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-23T16:54:53+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-27T22:44:05+00:00** Referred to Environment and Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13T22:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-03-15T15:29:05+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15T17:52:05+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-16T19:05:10+00:00** Carried over to 03-20 by unanimous consent.
- **2017-03-20T18:37:29+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-21T15:13:43+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-03-21T17:00:41+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-03-28T16:23:18+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-28T23:13:45+00:00** Chapter 8, (2017 Laws): Effective date March 28, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec431082-d26a-433b-bb11-c5c3e174d7e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).