---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Oregon Forestland-Urban Interface Fire Protection Act; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Requires State Forestry Department to annually report to Legislative Assembly or interim committee regarding <i>development, implementation and administration of</i>]<b> implementation and enforcement of property notifications and certifications required under</b> Oregon Forestland-Urban Interface Fire Protection Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2222"
citation: "Oregon HB 2222 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Betsy Johnson", "Cheri Helt", "Daniel Bonham", "Jack Zika"]
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/80477c28-3217-4fd5-83f4-d8902d606eb7"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2222"
source_hash: "386fece05d72c7cbe8bd5f2298b68a87323af0b00b94ed18e646e2d3614137f6"
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 2222 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to the Oregon Forestland-Urban Interface Fire Protection Act; and declaring an emergency.

Requires State Forestry Department to annually report to Legislative Assembly or interim committee regarding <i>development, implementation and administration of</i>]<b> implementation and enforcement of property notifications and certifications required under</b> Oregon Forestland-Urban Interface Fire Protection Act.

## 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/HB2222/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2222/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2222/A-Engrossed)
4. **HNR Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/14362)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2222/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Zika. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Betsy Johnson — primary (person)
- Cheri Helt — primary (person)
- Daniel Bonham — primary (person)
- Jack Zika — primary (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
- Lynn Findley — cosponsor (person)

## 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 Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-03-21T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-03-26T20:25:57+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27T20:02:42+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-28T19:02:18+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Zika. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-01T16:32:54+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02T16:07:45+00:00** Referred to Environment and Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-07T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-13T16:12:10+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-13T17:37:25+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14T19:09:20+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. 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 136, (2019 Laws): Effective date May 22, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80477c28-3217-4fd5-83f4-d8902d606eb7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).