---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to occupations regulated by the State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying."
description: "Revises definitions regarding activities and oral representations constituting practice of engineering, professional engineering or land surveying."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 3143"
citation: "Oregon HB 3143 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-27T18:28:08+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-10T16:26:58+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c9f66e3-7c2c-40a7-b667-e996a4b12060"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB3143"
source_hash: "d0e3488ca72ce956cb0bbe35d0f38fcb71e8a7da6501ea0a06bf0a0c87b53353"
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 3143 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to occupations regulated by the State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying.

Revises definitions regarding activities and oral representations constituting practice of engineering, professional engineering or land surveying.

## 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/HB3143/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3143/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3143/A-Engrossed)
4. **HBL Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/14297)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3143/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Bynum. Passed. — **54–5** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-27T18:28:08+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07T00:07:36+00:00** Referred to Business and Labor. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20T15:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-03-22T18:35:55+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-25T18:28:03+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-26T18:36:42+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Bynum. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-28T16:34:23+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29T20:14:04+00:00** Referred to Business and General Government. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18T15:32:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-04-22T15:58:19+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `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.
- **2019-04-25T18:42:32+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. 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 75, (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/8c9f66e3-7c2c-40a7-b667-e996a4b12060`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).