---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to incentives for reporting wildlife law violations."
description: "Requires State Fish and Wildlife Commission to implement program to encourage reporting of wildlife law violations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 3158"
citation: "Oregon HB 3158 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Witt", "Mike McLane", "Sal Esquivel"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
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/5885f581-3fed-41e4-b1f6-4ba07ddc721a"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB3158"
source_hash: "768782255e47a65ee730e4ac1d7de8fd01eb06376bea91d02e7892d1b5a02722"
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 3158 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to incentives for reporting wildlife law violations.

Requires State Fish and Wildlife Commission to implement program to encourage reporting of wildlife law violations.

## 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/HB3158/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3158/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3158/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3158/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by McLane. Passed. — **56–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **27–3** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Brad Witt — primary (person)
- Mike McLane — primary (person)
- Sal Esquivel — primary (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
- Sherrie Sprenger — cosponsor (person)

## 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 Agriculture and Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-13T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-19T19:56:18+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-20T16:30:50+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-24T23:56:11+00:00** Third reading. Carried by McLane. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-25T16:35:35+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27T21:32:40+00:00** Referred to Environment and Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-08T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-11T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-16T15:33:44+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-16T18:23:12+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-17T19:15:40+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 174, (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/5885f581-3fed-41e4-b1f6-4ba07ddc721a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).