---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the establishment of a Central Violations Bureau; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Authorizes State Court Administrator to establish Central Violations Bureau and designate employees to act as violations clerks. Specifies authority of violations clerks."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2240"
citation: "Oregon HB 2240 (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: "2019-05-10T16:21:24+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0e3921d-409e-42e6-b2d4-33b22c5c70ed"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2240"
source_hash: "9f9bca3a5b421320e5450ebd4c2cfc8d4fdeb3b1bd1b1d3844bb187500e82512"
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 2240 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to the establishment of a Central Violations Bureau; and prescribing an effective date.

Authorizes State Court Administrator to establish Central Violations Bureau and designate employees to act as violations clerks. Specifies authority of violations clerks.

## 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/HB2240/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2240/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Fagan. 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 Judiciary with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-02-06T21:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-02-11T22:13:32+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass and subsequent referral to Ways and Means be rescinded. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-11T22:14:55+00:00** Subsequent referral to Ways and Means rescinded by order of the Speaker.
- **2019-02-13T19:14:05+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-02-14T19:46:53+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. 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 Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-22T15:32:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-04-24T15:44:11+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24T17:26:59+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-25T19:06:51+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Fagan. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-29T16:32:46+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-29T20:33:17+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-06T22:22:10+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-10T16:21:24+00:00** Chapter 60, (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/e0e3921d-409e-42e6-b2d4-33b22c5c70ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).