---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to retirement of employees of Harney County Health District; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Authorizes Harney County Health District to offer alternative retirement programs in addition to Public Employees Retirement System."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2972"
citation: "Oregon HB 2972 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lynn Findley"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-18T17:02:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-02T21:19:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bb89675-d897-4eba-8211-d853fafdc71b"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2972"
source_hash: "7aa3184baac4176693aa13c85428f109bd3b76aed7417d795766bbaffe647f34"
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 2972 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to retirement of employees of Harney County Health District; and declaring an emergency.

Authorizes Harney County Health District to offer alternative retirement programs in addition to Public Employees Retirement System.

## 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/HB2972/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2972/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **36–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Findley. Passed. — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **10–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lynn Findley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-18T17:02:51+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21T19:58:45+00:00** Referred to Business and Labor. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-09T00:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-16T19:16:55+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass and be referred to Ways and Means. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16T19:16:56+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-21T18:43:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On General Government. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-29T22:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2019-05-29T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-31T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-05T19:25:24+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-06T17:36:16+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-10T17:38:40+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Findley. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-11T15:42:03+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12T15:32:26+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13T15:25:34+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-13T23:13:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-17T19:07:27+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-18T20:39:04+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-19T19:20:30+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-25T21:33:26+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-02T21:19:47+00:00** Chapter 496, (2019 Laws): Effective date June 25, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9bb89675-d897-4eba-8211-d853fafdc71b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).