---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to applicability of removal-fill laws."
description: "Exempts from requirements of removal-fill laws removal or filling, or both, <b>originally intended or subsequently used</b> for establishment, repair, restoration<b>, resumption</b> or replacement of certain uses on lands zoned for exclusive farm use, forest use or mixed farm and forest use that were established on or before January 1, 2017."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2785"
citation: "Oregon HB 2785 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-06T17:57:34+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-13T17:08:14+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5485df9-5dc7-4727-821c-6f4d70245f56"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2785"
source_hash: "55571f0424860a0d2f2a327b8878664c1d30e43749bd9ee7ec0282de0ac992aa"
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 2785 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to applicability of removal-fill laws.

Exempts from requirements of removal-fill laws removal or filling, or both, <b>originally intended or subsequently used</b> for establishment, repair, restoration<b>, resumption</b> or replacement of certain uses on lands zoned for exclusive farm use, forest use or mixed farm and forest use that were established on or before January 1, 2017.

## 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/HB2785/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2785/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2785/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2785/B-Engrossed)
5. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2785/Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2785/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **57–1** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Fahey. Passed. — **56–0** (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`
- **2017-02-21T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-13T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-19T19:56:13+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-20T16:30:50+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-24T23:43:16+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Fahey. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-25T16:35:35+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27T21:32:40+00:00** Referred to Environment and Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-11T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-06-01T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-06T15:28:24+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-07T16:26:15+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-08T19:01:16+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-13T18:35:56+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2017-06-16T17:41:40+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-19T21:42:29+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-22T19:08:05+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-13T17:08:14+00:00** Chapter 428, (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/e5485df9-5dc7-4727-821c-6f4d70245f56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).