---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to port shipyard activities."
description: "Authorizes ports to acquire, construct, maintain and operate shipyards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2902"
citation: "Oregon HB 2902 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Gomberg"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-13T17:06:51+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b6ca585-c5ca-4bf5-b1b4-4e92482e7bb8"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2902"
source_hash: "7e475bc9f665b5c44f4235a83bbe5a86a5917c62b4ddb86cf482927606c06e3f"
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 2902 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to port shipyard activities.

Authorizes ports to acquire, construct, maintain and operate shipyards.

## 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/HB2902/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2902/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. — **20–9** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–1** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. — **48–11** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- David Gomberg — primary (person)
- Arnie Roblan — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — 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.
- **2017-03-09T20:35:39+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.
- **2017-03-16T18:33:54+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`
- **2017-05-03T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-10T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-15T15:26:34+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-15T17:52:36+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-16T19:11:54+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-19T00:17:40+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-22T16:07:02+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-25T16:37:15+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00** Chapter 165, (2017 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2018.
- **2017-03-16T18:34:54+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Reschke.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b6ca585-c5ca-4bf5-b1b4-4e92482e7bb8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).