---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to unmanned aircraft systems; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Creates exception allowing use of unmanned aircraft system capable of firing bullet or projectile in certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 3047"
citation: "Oregon HB 3047 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Huffman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-27T16:34:19+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-13T17:08:14+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70dafa89-0ed5-48c8-8072-2f2e01673e3b"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB3047"
source_hash: "24d3f2a3f39d90993857b777a627876954286ad8a4b9ee6e6bbd0232816bfdf8"
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 3047 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to unmanned aircraft systems; and declaring an emergency.

Creates exception allowing use of unmanned aircraft system capable of firing bullet or projectile in certain circumstances.

## 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/HB3047/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3047/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3047/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3047/B-Engrossed)
5. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3047/Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3047/Enrolled)

## Votes

- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **55–2** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **28–2** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Huffman. Passed. — **50–6** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- John Huffman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-27T16:34:19+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02T16:45:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-10T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-17T22:42:14+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-18T15:46:41+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-19T19:12:53+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 20, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-20T22:41:13+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Huffman. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-24T16:18:27+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27T21:32:40+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-25T15:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-06-01T15:31:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-01T21:16:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-09T16:29:12+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-12T20:17:43+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-13T18:25:34+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-15T18:27:01+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2017-06-20T20:38:40+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-23T21:29:59+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-29T21:27:24+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-13T17:08:14+00:00** Chapter 502, (2017 Laws): Effective date June 29, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70dafa89-0ed5-48c8-8072-2f2e01673e3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).