---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to income tax credits for rural health care practitioners; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Expands list of hospitals whose medical staff may qualify for specified income tax credit. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2020."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2847"
citation: "Oregon HB 2847 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dennis Linthicum", "E. Werner Reschke"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-31T17:37:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-02T21:08:52+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3e87076-cfe6-4872-b69d-f62a87bc9427"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2847"
source_hash: "e105e96e250553a930a70688efc789de491264d773ee88396fe2aa8d49f47ce4"
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 2847 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to income tax credits for rural health care practitioners; and prescribing an effective date.

Expands list of hospitals whose medical staff may qualify for specified income tax credit. Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2020.

## 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/HB2847/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2847/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Reschke. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Linthicum. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dennis Linthicum — primary (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — primary (person)
- Arnie Roblan — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Clem — cosponsor (person)
- Caddy McKeown — cosponsor (person)
- Carl Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- Christine Drazan — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Bonham — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Duane Stark — cosponsor (person)
- Fred Girod — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Leif — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Barreto — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Zika — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Wallan — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nearman — cosponsor (person)
- Rep Boles — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly Boshart Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Sheri Schouten — cosponsor (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 Revenue. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14T16:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-09T15:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-10T23:44:15+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-11T18:31:08+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-15T18:39:57+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Reschke. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16T16:34:10+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17T22:41:27+00:00** Referred to Finance and Revenue. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-22T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing Cancelled.
- **2019-06-11T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-06-12T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-17T15:50:19+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-17T19:33:25+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-18T18:38:17+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Linthicum. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-19T18:59:14+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-19T22:24:21+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-25T21:33:26+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-02T21:08:52+00:00** Chapter 495, (2019 Laws): Effective date September 29, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3e87076-cfe6-4872-b69d-f62a87bc9427`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).