---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to refund of personal income tax; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Allows refund of personal income tax to be made by direct deposit into account designated by taxpayer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2235"
citation: "Oregon HB 2235 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Smith", "Pam Marsh"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-04-26T21:17:06+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13facfa7-7702-4d87-b061-028bc0d4795f"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2235"
source_hash: "9dec6aeb6c213b7fb62cc582b77210497180fe20698f8a054b7c48ddd2dd0a36"
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 2235 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to refund of personal income tax; and prescribing an effective date.

Allows refund of personal income tax to be made by direct deposit into account designated by taxpayer.

## 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/HB2235/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2235/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Marsh. Passed. — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Hass. Passed. — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **3–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Greg Smith — primary (person)
- Pam Marsh — primary (person)
- David Brock Smith — 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`
- **2019-01-19T00:04:07+00:00** Referred to Revenue. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14T16:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-03-07T16:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-03-08T16:52:20+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-11T18:16:33+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-12T18:40:07+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Marsh. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-14T16:57:03+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-15T18:43:02+00:00** Referred to Finance and Revenue. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing Cancelled.
- **2019-04-09T22:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-04-11T15:47:36+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-11T16:40:54+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-15T18:32:11+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hass. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-17T15:23:12+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-17T17:06:02+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-22T20:28:12+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-26T21:17:06+00:00** Chapter 33, (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/13facfa7-7702-4d87-b061-028bc0d4795f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).