---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to appraisal of real property purchased by ports."
description: "Increases threshold, from $500,000 to $2 million, of real property value that requires port to obtain additional appraisal before purchase."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2901"
citation: "Oregon HB 2901 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deborah Boone", "Jeff Kruse"]
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/bc75fbef-6782-4f62-8d91-697fc4a98c65"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2901"
source_hash: "5d59a59987aa90151861c6960f615311d533fe1dde9bf994a2b04f8250897392"
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 2901 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to appraisal of real property purchased by ports.

Increases threshold, from $500,000 to $2 million, of real property value that requires port to obtain additional appraisal before purchase.

## 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/HB2901/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2901/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Kruse. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. — **58–1** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Deborah Boone — primary (person)
- Jeff Kruse — primary (person)
- Arnie Roblan — cosponsor (person)
- Betsy Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Caddy McKeown — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- David Gomberg — 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.
- **2017-03-09T20:35:38+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.
- **2017-03-16T18:31:32+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.
- **2017-05-08T15:56:01+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-08T17:33:45+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-09T19:04:52+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Kruse. 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 86, (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/bc75fbef-6782-4f62-8d91-697fc4a98c65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).