---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to water impoundment safety; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Regulates construction and removal of dams."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2085"
citation: "Oregon HB 2085 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-21T19:24:40+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4e2d98b-74a4-47c8-a87a-16d59bf4a2df"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2085"
source_hash: "66e68a1f55e372e5f9aeba99ffade333820af185ff4f12561de5341e04a3e913"
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 2085 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to water impoundment safety; and prescribing an effective date.

Regulates construction and removal of dams.

## 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/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2085/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2085/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2085/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2085/B-Engrossed)
5. **HNR Amendment -4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/15529)
6. **SENR Amendment -A5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16275)
7. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2085/Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2085/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Bentz. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **59–1** (pass) · lower

## 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 Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-05T00:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-09T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-16T15:33:04+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-17T18:34:04+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-18T18:55:46+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-22T17:16:57+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23T16:40:51+00:00** Referred to Environment and Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-21T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-28T21:32:28+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-29T17:40:15+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-30T16:36:42+00:00** Carried over to 06-03 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-06-03T20:06:07+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Bentz. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-05T21:49:50+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2019-06-07T21:28:31+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-10T16:30:05+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-17T20:11:08+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-21T19:24:40+00:00** Chapter 390, (2019 Laws): Effective date September 29, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4e2d98b-74a4-47c8-a87a-16d59bf4a2df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).