---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Oregon transparency website."
description: "Directs State Chief Information Officer to include links to websites established by certain entities on Oregon transparency website."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2946"
citation: "Oregon HB 2946 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arnie Roblan", "Gene Whisnant", "Kim Thatcher", "Paul Holvey"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-16T17:08:14+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-18T18:19:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c0a2912-7e8d-471d-8bf8-26f170805c06"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2946"
source_hash: "c14384e800e8a1b728db22ec822de7de91a2d423ef95fef6ef60069c934b160b"
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 2946 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to the Oregon transparency website.

Directs State Chief Information Officer to include links to websites established by certain entities on Oregon transparency website.

## 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/HB2946/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2946/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2946/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2946/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Thatcher. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Whisnant. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Arnie Roblan — primary (person)
- Gene Whisnant — primary (person)
- Kim Thatcher — primary (person)
- Paul Holvey — primary (person)
- Mike Nearman — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Devlin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-16T17:08:14+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-20T22:26:21+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-16T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-30T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-05T19:28:47+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-06T16:47:34+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-07T21:23:37+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Whisnant. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-08T16:24:02+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-09T16:02:43+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-28T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-06-30T15:31:21+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-30T19:36:49+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-01T17:45:48+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Thatcher. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **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 667, (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/1c0a2912-7e8d-471d-8bf8-26f170805c06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).