---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to shellfish; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Designates State Department of Agriculture as lead agency responsible for state administration of programs and policies relating to commercial cultivation of oysters, clams and mussels."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2784"
citation: "Oregon HB 2784 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-06T17:57:34+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-18T18:00:20+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89c0096f-6386-4ff3-8e08-adef19e99ee4"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2784"
source_hash: "e4e187cc09b7e91986bbcff6ebbdf6644577044f20d12d85c320407ee4477505"
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 2784 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to shellfish; and declaring an emergency.

Designates State Department of Agriculture as lead agency responsible for state administration of programs and policies relating to commercial cultivation of oysters, clams and mussels.

## 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/HB2784/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2784/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2784/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2784/B-Engrossed)
5. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2784/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2784/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. — **28–1** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by McKeown. Passed. — **59–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **46–0** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-06T17:57:34+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07T18:00:53+00:00** Referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-18T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-24T22:03:53+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-24T22:03:54+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-26T19:20:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-27T20:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2017-06-27T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-06-30T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-07-01T21:01:25+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-05T15:25:47+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-06T01:42:31+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by McKeown. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-06T15:10:01+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-06T17:50:09+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-07T14:39:51+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-07T16:05:54+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-07T16:28:38+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-18T16:16:37+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-18T20:25:51+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-08-15T19:02:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-18T18:00:20+00:00** Chapter 711, (2017 Laws): Effective date August 15, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89c0096f-6386-4ff3-8e08-adef19e99ee4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).