---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the impacts of Good Neighbor Authority Agreement projects."
description: "Requires State Forestry Department to report <b>biennially </b>to committee of Legislative Assembly regarding <i>environmental and employment impacts of</i>]<b> outcomes from all projects pursued in state under</b> Good Neighbor Authority Agreement <i>projects funded in whole or in part by moneys made available to department for project purposes</i>]."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2953"
citation: "Oregon HB 2953 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dallas Heard", "Daniel Bonham", "David Brock Smith"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-14T17:35:05+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-17T15:44:49+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e79386e3-7d4e-4016-8c2c-ffa619654297"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2953"
source_hash: "9c328532b286eaa33ab32aad5adb9230a2b7a0942df864e2a416bad992dc95fd"
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 2953 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to the impacts of Good Neighbor Authority Agreement projects.

Requires State Forestry Department to report <b>biennially </b>to committee of Legislative Assembly regarding <i>environmental and employment impacts of</i>]<b> outcomes from all projects pursued in state under</b> Good Neighbor Authority Agreement <i>projects funded in whole or in part by moneys made available to department for project purposes</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/HB2953/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2953/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2953/A-Engrossed)
4. **HNR Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/15521)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2953/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Bonham. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dallas Heard — primary (person)
- Daniel Bonham — primary (person)
- David Brock Smith — primary (person)
- Bill Hansell — cosponsor (person)
- Carl Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Barreto — cosponsor (person)
- Herman Baertschiger Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Zika — cosponsor (person)
- Karin Power — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Wallan — cosponsor (person)
- Lynn Findley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14T17:35:05+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18T20:06:51+00:00** Referred to Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-09T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-15T19:53:39+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16T18:20:12+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-17T22:50:16+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 18, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-04-18T18:16:41+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Bonham. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-22T17:16:57+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23T16:40:51+00:00** Referred to Environment and Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-21T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-28T15:49:35+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-28T18:19:22+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-29T18:57:12+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-31T22:37:59+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-03T22:11:33+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-07T20:58:20+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-17T15:44:49+00:00** Chapter 273, (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/e79386e3-7d4e-4016-8c2c-ffa619654297`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).