---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to intergovernmental agreements by ports."
description: "Provides that ports may enter into intergovernmental agreements for any purpose permitted under ORS chapter 190."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2899"
citation: "Oregon HB 2899 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deborah Boone"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-13T17:06:51+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-31T00:07:46+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e481ea20-3c60-42c6-9620-ce3dddb3b87c"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2899"
source_hash: "b981cd1300d23f38f32bc88908fc74b72fa9064fd7464602a5dde647cbe71c08"
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 2899 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to intergovernmental agreements by ports.

Provides that ports may enter into intergovernmental agreements for any purpose permitted under ORS chapter 190.

## 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/HB2899/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2899/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. — **59–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Deborah Boone — primary (person)
- Arnie Roblan — cosponsor (person)
- Betsy Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Caddy McKeown — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Kruse — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-13T17:06:51+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15T23:30:14+00:00** Referred to Economic Development and Trade. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-03-09T20:35:37+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-13T15:57:58+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-14T18:18:03+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 15, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-03-15T18:35:25+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 16, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-03-16T18:29:34+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-20T16:13:39+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22T20:14:19+00:00** Referred to Business and Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-03T22:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-08T15:55:59+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-08T17:33:45+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-09T19:00:23+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-10T22:24:54+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-11T15:32:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-17T16:38:33+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-31T00:07:46+00:00** Chapter 84, (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/e481ea20-3c60-42c6-9620-ce3dddb3b87c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).