---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to estates."
description: "Modifies provisions relating to administration of estates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2986"
citation: "Oregon HB 2986 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-23T16:42:49+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10bf0013-7be6-499a-9abb-385ef17a6435"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2986"
source_hash: "7a38083363fdb52c064aaab13b46dd3b0fdf3230c1368b32a4368f2297b22df9"
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 2986 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to estates.

Modifies provisions relating to administration of estates.

## 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/HB2986/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2986/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2986/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2986/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **27–2** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Williamson. Passed. — **53–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **10–0** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-23T16:42:49+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23T22:40:06+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-04-14T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-24T19:38:34+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-25T17:42:01+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-26T23:02:29+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 27, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-27T21:35:43+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Williamson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-01T16:05:03+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-04T15:56:43+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09T15:17:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-15T16:39:28+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-15T17:52:36+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-16T18:23:12+00:00** Carried over to 05-17 by unanimous consent.
- **2017-05-17T18:54:20+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-22T15:49:31+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-22T22:45:48+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-25T16:37:15+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00** Chapter 169, (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/10bf0013-7be6-499a-9abb-385ef17a6435`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).