---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to boating offenses."
description: "Modifies and adds laws related to boating offenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2079"
citation: "Oregon HB 2079 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-02T21:19:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b042621-a84c-4bce-bcb1-3192dde31f16"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2079"
source_hash: "f34218bee9693020435ce1dcb9281816754975157f31fc4f91929c74d2c62387"
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 2079 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to boating offenses.

Modifies and adds laws related to boating offenses.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2079/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2079/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2079/A-Engrossed)
4. **SJUD Amendment -3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16392)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2079/Enrolled)

## Votes

- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **56–3** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. — **55–3** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Bentz. Passed. — **23–3** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-19T00:04:07+00:00** Referred to Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-02-07T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-02-11T19:29:01+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-13T19:14:05+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-02-14T19:35:14+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-19T17:36:52+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-23T00:36:25+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-22T15:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-29T22:00:04+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-30T16:36:42+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-03T20:11:15+00:00** Carried over to 06-04 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-06-04T19:15:04+00:00** Carried over to 06-05 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-06-05T18:46:18+00:00** Carried over to 06-06 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-06-06T19:09:01+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Bentz. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-11T17:29:57+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2019-06-12T21:31:14+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-13T16:24:03+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-20T22:17:13+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-02T21:19:47+00:00** Chapter 431, (2019 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b042621-a84c-4bce-bcb1-3192dde31f16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).