---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to onions."
description: "Eliminates mandatory inspection of onions. Repeals multiple horticultural commodity provisions specific to onions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2451"
citation: "Oregon HB 2451 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lynn Findley"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-17T21:23:03+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c4f837c-a181-4ec5-a826-6106ae974cf3"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2451"
source_hash: "9edac3b4407961a0fbf16fd0578b67932d0597a21f3779599bff5d9b6dcda0af"
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 2451 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to onions.

Eliminates mandatory inspection of onions. Repeals multiple horticultural commodity provisions specific to onions.

## 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/HB2451/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2451/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Findley. Passed. — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Bentz. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lynn Findley — primary (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nearman — 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 Agriculture and Land Use. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing cancelled.
- **2019-02-19T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-02-26T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-03-04T16:46:21+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-04T19:29:21+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-05T19:35:51+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Findley. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-07T17:26:00+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08T23:31:06+00:00** Referred to Environment and Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-23T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-29T16:39:41+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-29T18:38:03+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-30T18:54:53+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Bentz. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-01T16:50:12+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-03T21:32:19+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-13T16:27:05+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-17T21:23:03+00:00** Chapter 108, (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/1c4f837c-a181-4ec5-a826-6106ae974cf3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).