---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to legal proceedings; and declaring an emergency."
description: "<i>Creates exception to prohibition on recording communications for person who records conversation during or regarding commission of offense against person.</i>]"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2480"
citation: "Oregon HB 2480 (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: "2019-06-17T15:44:49+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2a8eec6-787c-4ffc-a5a5-00b4c2d27939"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2480"
source_hash: "98ec630cc3c9df3c5507d15f05a0950bdc82484fa150961fa4e6c069a1c102ec"
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 2480 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to legal proceedings; and declaring an emergency.

<i>Creates exception to prohibition on recording communications for person who records conversation during or regarding commission of offense against person.</i>]

## 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/HB2480/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2480/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2480/A-Engrossed)
4. **HJUD Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/15720)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2480/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Thatcher. 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`
- **2019-01-15T23:56:58+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-12T17:51:27+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-15T18:25:11+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16T21:41:46+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-17T16:45:37+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17T22:41:27+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-22T15:32:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-05-29T15:39:19+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-29T17:40:15+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-30T16:36:42+00:00** Carried over to 06-03 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-06-03T20:07:52+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Thatcher. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-05T15:29:35+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-05T20:57:35+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-11T16:21:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-17T15:44:49+00:00** Chapter 306, (2019 Laws): Effective date June 11, 2019.
- **2019-04-01T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2a8eec6-787c-4ffc-a5a5-00b4c2d27939`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).