---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to crime."
description: "Provides that state appeal from order allowing demurrer must be decided by appellate court within prescribed time limits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2399"
citation: "Oregon HB 2399 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-21T19:27:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2aa6a83a-ad55-4c76-93fa-40904ebad20c"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2399"
source_hash: "82b565ca3cfd09ebb16dd98b0954d4b07bfa81d8bfc097b1f9af5acdc846722e"
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 2399 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to crime.

Provides that state appeal from order allowing demurrer must be decided by appellate court within prescribed time limits.

## 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/HB2399/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2399/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2399/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2399/B-Engrossed)
5. **HJUD Amendment -3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/15488)
6. **SJUD Amendment -A4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16229)
7. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2399/Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2399/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Barker. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Bentz. Passed. — **28–0** (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`
- **2019-01-18T19:43:45+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-08T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-17T19:03:19+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-18T17:52:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-22T19:23:20+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 23, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-04-23T20:51:41+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Barker. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-24T16:10:11+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25T21:00:06+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-16T15:47:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-23T15:39:25+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-28T18:19:22+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-29T18:42:17+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Bentz. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-05T22:06:53+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2019-06-07T21:28:31+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-10T16:30:05+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-17T20:11:08+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-21T19:27:42+00:00** Chapter 399, (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/2aa6a83a-ad55-4c76-93fa-40904ebad20c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).