---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to advocacy commissioner terms."
description: "Increases terms of office of advocacy commission members, from three to four years. Applies to terms of office beginning on or after effective date of Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2973"
citation: "Oregon HB 2973 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Teresa Alonso Leon"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-18T17:02:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-10T16:26:58+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef7ae03f-eb12-44e1-a84b-74f785bbf3a3"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2973"
source_hash: "7a1bbfd9ca983f2572e9b1dfbc360c6ebb0a73d1c584471142c49d33b6883976"
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 2973 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to advocacy commissioner terms.

Increases terms of office of advocacy commission members, from three to four years. Applies to terms of office beginning on or after effective date of Act.

## 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/HB2973/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2973/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Riley. Passed. — **26–3** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Alonso Leon. Passed. — **51–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Teresa Alonso Leon — primary (person)
- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Monnes Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Tiffiny Mitchell — cosponsor (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 Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11T22:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-03-12T22:48:22+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13T18:19:55+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-14T18:23:34+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 18, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-03-18T18:29:44+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Alonso Leon. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-19T16:11:12+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21T16:14:44+00:00** Referred to Business and General Government. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18T15:32:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-04-22T15:58:17+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-22T17:44:32+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-23T19:36:09+00:00** Carried over to 04-24 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-04-24T17:26:59+00:00** Carried over to 04-25 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-04-25T18:42:21+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Riley. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-29T16:32:46+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-29T20:33:17+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-06T22:22:10+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-10T16:26:58+00:00** Chapter 73, (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/ef7ae03f-eb12-44e1-a84b-74f785bbf3a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).