---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to offense categories for violations of the wildlife laws."
description: "Increases maximum penalty for certain wildlife law offenses committed without culpable mental state to $2,000 fine."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 3035"
citation: "Oregon HB 3035 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Witt", "Ken Helm"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-25T17:48:40+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-17T15:44:49+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27669b75-b76f-4884-8b0e-a01fb690178f"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB3035"
source_hash: "ec927204da9e5e74b96795ebd8646728226355fd0e8d660cb05a5f5bfd6a672e"
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 3035 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to offense categories for violations of the wildlife laws.

Increases maximum penalty for certain wildlife law offenses committed without culpable mental state to $2,000 fine.

## 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/HB3035/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3035/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3035/A-Engrossed)
4. **HNR Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/15066)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3035/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Witt. Passed. — **58–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brad Witt — primary (person)
- Ken Helm — primary (person)
- Betsy Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Clem — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Duane Stark — cosponsor (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Leif — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Sheri Schouten — cosponsor (person)
- Sherrie Sprenger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-25T17:48:40+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01T16:50:04+00:00** Referred to Natural Resources with subsequent referral to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-04T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-11T16:22:18+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and subsequent referral to Judiciary be rescinded. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-11T16:22:19+00:00** Subsequent referral to Judiciary rescinded by order of the Speaker.
- **2019-04-15T18:25:11+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16T21:52:12+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 17, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-04-17T18:51:07+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Witt. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-18T16:14:32+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-19T21:06:39+00:00** Referred to Environment and Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-21T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-28T15:49:39+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-28T18:19:22+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-29T23:21:00+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Roblan. 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 274, (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/27669b75-b76f-4884-8b0e-a01fb690178f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).