---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to solicitations of participation in a chance to win a prize."
description: "Removes provision under which certain actions of person in soliciting participation in contest or sweepstakes are unlawful practice only if solicitation occurs through use of United States mail."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2397"
citation: "Oregon HB 2397 (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: "2019-05-10T16:26:58+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0373ea0-ad90-442e-8103-9b8e519ee3c1"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2397"
source_hash: "f74660ef405a4fa7839f2b2a696927f266090825a23731943ebd0119ab5b31e4"
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 2397 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to solicitations of participation in a chance to win a prize.

Removes provision under which certain actions of person in soliciting participation in contest or sweepstakes are unlawful practice only if solicitation occurs through use of United States mail.

## 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/HB2397/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2397/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2397/A-Engrossed)
4. **HJUD Amendment -3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/13717)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2397/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Post. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Linthicum. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **11–0** (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 Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-02-06T21:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-02-11T23:23:19+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-13T19:14:05+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-02-14T19:51:44+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to February 18, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-02-18T19:34:51+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Post. 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`
- **2019-04-15T15:32:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-04-24T15:44:13+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24T17:26:59+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-25T19:08:31+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Linthicum. 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`
- **2019-05-10T16:26:58+00:00** Chapter 63, (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/b0373ea0-ad90-442e-8103-9b8e519ee3c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).