---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Oregon Heritage Commission duties."
description: "Modifies language regarding Oregon Heritage Commission's coordination of statewide activities recognizing events of historical significance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2081"
citation: "Oregon HB 2081 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-04-01T23:44:34+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47308bb6-22d9-4a04-89fc-2a5000c342c2"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2081"
source_hash: "579c2aa555d1f79b4168b3817a879f44c15829da70e80c207f97dd1ebd83f6f3"
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 2081 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to Oregon Heritage Commission duties.

Modifies language regarding Oregon Heritage Commission's coordination of statewide activities recognizing events of historical significance.

## 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/HB2081/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2081/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Girod. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Williams. Passed. — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **3–0** (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`
- **2019-01-18T19:43:45+00:00** Referred to Agriculture and Land Use. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-02-05T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-02-08T16:46:23+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-11T19:15:21+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-02-13T19:20:23+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Williams. 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 Business and General Government. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07T16:32:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-03-12T15:50:45+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12T19:20:27+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-14T19:30:31+00:00** Carried over to 03-18 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-03-18T18:49:00+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Girod. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-19T17:33:20+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-03-20T21:30:22+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-03-27T20:16:16+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-01T23:44:34+00:00** Chapter 6, (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/47308bb6-22d9-4a04-89fc-2a5000c342c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).