---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the military."
description: "<b>Provides that employee of Oregon Military Department whose primary duties include fighting fires qualifies as firefighter under Public Employees Retirement System.</b>"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2196"
citation: "Oregon HB 2196 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-24T19:11:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b77c0eb9-50c1-433e-9425-18b9156bf477"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2196"
source_hash: "783186c32ba063b67dcafc474f0c206e372c74aa3a88914e1fb68b7599f58ac1"
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 2196 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to the military.

<b>Provides that employee of Oregon Military Department whose primary duties include fighting fires qualifies as firefighter under Public Employees Retirement System.</b>

## 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/HB2196/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2196/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2196/A-Engrossed)
4. **HVET Amendment -4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/15471)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2196/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Evans. Passed. — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Knopp. Passed. — **29–0** (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`
- **2019-01-15T23:56:58+00:00** Referred to Veterans and Emergency Preparedness. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09T22:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-04-15T23:22:45+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16T18:20:12+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-17T21:59:44+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Evans. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-18T16:14:32+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17T22:00:44+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Neron.
- **2019-04-19T21:06:39+00:00** Referred to Workforce. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-30T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-13T16:12:09+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-13T17:37:25+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14T19:04:02+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Knopp. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-15T16:44:31+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-15T21:41:45+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-22T23:12:03+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-24T19:11:42+00:00** Chapter 135, (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/b77c0eb9-50c1-433e-9425-18b9156bf477`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).