---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to vehicles."
description: "Provides that Department of Transportation must designate vehicle dealer as agent."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 3120"
citation: "Oregon HB 3120 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-03-01T17:27:17+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11737821-1417-432e-93e1-4e357b2b1831"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB3120"
source_hash: "52443a62d6e278c2c80cc79d5a12cb7fc8d68c854f23ea1dbb4aedba40a081d8"
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 3120 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to vehicles.

Provides that Department of Transportation must designate vehicle dealer as agent.

## 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/HB3120/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3120/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3120/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3120/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Monroe. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Wilson. Passed. — **56–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-01T17:27:17+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-09T00:24:34+00:00** Referred to Transportation Policy. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-12T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-17T19:11:25+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.
- **2017-04-20T22:41:20+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Wilson. 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 Business and Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-10T22:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-15T15:26:39+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.
- **2017-05-17T19:00:04+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Monroe. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-17T19:01:04+00:00** DeBoer declared potential conflict of interest.
- **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 172, (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/11737821-1417-432e-93e1-4e357b2b1831`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).