---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to alcoholic beverages; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Removes limit on number of full on-premises sales licenses that distillery licensee may hold. <b>Removes minimum alcohol percentage requirement for distilled liquor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 3239"
citation: "Oregon HB 3239 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cheri Helt", "David Brock Smith"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-03-04T17:45:33+00:00"
last_action: "2019-08-14T21:32:36+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57f179c1-1913-46e4-b51f-bcf7dd5daf75"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB3239"
source_hash: "4de9d1f5c7a8e0177d47c51e7c66b96f3aa7fdceb866f500ea904c2ee4177a4c"
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 3239 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to alcoholic beverages; and declaring an emergency.

Removes limit on number of full on-premises sales licenses that distillery licensee may hold. <b>Removes minimum alcohol percentage requirement for distilled liquor.

## 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/HB3239/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3239/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3239/A-Engrossed)
4. **SRULES Amendment -7** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16947)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3239/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Helt. Passed. — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules suspended. House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **53–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cheri Helt — primary (person)
- David Brock Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-04T17:45:33+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07T18:15:34+00:00** Referred to Economic Development. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-08T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-12T15:31:26+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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.
- **2019-04-17T21:18:00+00:00** Potential conflict(s) of interest declared by Helt.
- **2019-04-17T21:19:13+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Helt. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-18T16:14:32+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-19T22:13:51+00:00** Referred to Business and General Government. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02T15:32:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-05-16T15:31:00+00:00** Possible Reconsideration and Work Session cancelled.
- **2019-05-23T15:31:00+00:00** Possible Reconsideration and Work Session cancelled.
- **2019-06-11T21:14:04+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-11T21:14:05+00:00** Referred to Rules by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-06-18T21:51:25+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-19T21:10:32+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-29T17:04:18+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-29T20:29:13+00:00** Rules suspended. House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2019-07-02T17:49:50+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-07-03T22:16:12+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-08-09T23:53:36+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-14T21:32:36+00:00** Chapter 658, (2019 Laws): Effective date August 9, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57f179c1-1913-46e4-b51f-bcf7dd5daf75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).