---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to facilities for processing farm products."
description: "Allows facilities for processing farm products under 2,500 square feet on lands zoned for exclusive farm use without regard to siting standards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2844"
citation: "Oregon HB 2844 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Brock Smith"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-31T17:37:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-21T19:27:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e235f6fb-252d-440d-a872-c8a8e13721db"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2844"
source_hash: "13487f8b3959e9630979d8db0ec9752b27b8307447b302464ebe976b3db4a045"
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 2844 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to facilities for processing farm products.

Allows facilities for processing farm products under 2,500 square feet on lands zoned for exclusive farm use without regard to siting standards.

## 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/HB2844/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2844/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2844/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2844/B-Engrossed)
5. **HAGLU Amendment -5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/14806)
6. **SENR Amendment -A6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16074)
7. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2844/Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2844/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. — **26–2** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Smith DB. Passed. — **50–5** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **37–22** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Brock Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-31T17:37:51+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04T16:30:40+00:00** Referred to Agriculture and Land Use. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-02T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-09T15:33:37+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10T18:40:48+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-11T21:57:00+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Smith DB. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-15T16:38:34+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16T15:37:12+00:00** Referred to Environment and Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-14T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-17T20:55:12+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-20T17:44:52+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21T16:53:45+00:00** Carried over to 05-22 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-05-22T19:02:26+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-05T22:31:22+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 410, (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/e235f6fb-252d-440d-a872-c8a8e13721db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).