---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to expenses for veterinary care of abused animals."
description: "Provides private right of action to recover for expenses in relation to veterinary care for abused domestic animal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2500"
citation: "Oregon HB 2500 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marty Wilde"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-10T15:43:41+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/649223e5-e9f4-4734-8cbe-edd8419db6a1"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2500"
source_hash: "29dc9fa384c476cc34f8afa39a4582385d1af2ff425562999b27c316baffde60"
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 2500 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to expenses for veterinary care of abused animals.

Provides private right of action to recover for expenses in relation to veterinary care for abused domestic animal.

## 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/HB2500/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2500/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2500/A-Engrossed)
4. **HJUD Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/14227)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2500/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. — **24–4** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Wilde. Passed. — **56–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Marty Wilde — primary (person)
- Carla Piluso — cosponsor (person)
- Cheri Helt — cosponsor (person)
- David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Lynn Findley — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Holvey — cosponsor (person)
- Rep Boles — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Wagner — cosponsor (person)
- Tawna Sanchez — 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`
- **2019-01-19T00:04:07+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-03-14T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-03-19T19:10:34+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-20T18:13:19+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-21T19:02:07+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Wilde. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-25T16:28:48+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26T21:32:04+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-05-09T15:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-14T15:39:18+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-14T17:12:45+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15T18:48:51+00:00** Carried over to 05-16 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-05-16T18:33:36+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-16T18:34:36+00:00** Bentz declared potential conflict of interest.
- **2019-05-17T17:43:58+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-20T16:18:01+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-24T19:06:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10T15:43:41+00:00** Chapter 161, (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/649223e5-e9f4-4734-8cbe-edd8419db6a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).