---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Department of Veterans' Affairs; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Establishes Department of Veterans' Affairs Veteran Services Grant Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2891"
citation: "Oregon HB 2891 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-09T17:23:50+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-18T18:19:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2600bee3-2368-4033-8879-a90e1663a29e"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2891"
source_hash: "298be4ccab70616f46cf5a9fb8753fcfbda354982177f57a73ab4617225e3800"
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 2891 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to the Department of Veterans' Affairs; and declaring an emergency.

Establishes Department of Veterans' Affairs Veteran Services Grant Fund.

## 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/HB2891/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2891/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2891/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2891/B-Engrossed)
5. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2891/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2891/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Evans. Passed. — **56–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Johnson. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **46–0** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09T17:23:50+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-10T21:41:57+00:00** Referred to Veterans and Emergency Preparedness. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06T22:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-04-11T22:57:11+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-11T22:57:12+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14T17:32:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Transportation and Economic Development. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-15T20:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2017-06-15T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-06-21T19:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-22T22:56:26+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-23T16:21:08+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-26T23:13:36+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Evans. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-27T17:02:43+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-27T18:55:14+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-28T15:46:55+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-28T16:54:21+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-29T19:16:24+00:00** Carried over to 06-30 by unanimous consent.
- **2017-06-30T19:07:56+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Johnson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-30T19:08:56+00:00** Monroe, Roblan, Thomsen, excused, granted unanimous consent to vote aye.
- **2017-07-05T19:29:01+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-06T16:29:45+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-08-08T23:30:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-18T18:19:59+00:00** Chapter 664, (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/2600bee3-2368-4033-8879-a90e1663a29e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).