---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Environmental Quality; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Approves certain new or increased fees adopted by Department of Environmental Quality."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 5018"
citation: "Oregon HB 5018 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-08-01T16:20:18+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9959e5fd-e997-4c9d-9c12-24b0693af93b"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB5018"
source_hash: "b0407dcd6c8e3a2fb4290d518e7952b44daa4f68618ca38958d2ca483bec6034"
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 5018 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Environmental Quality; and declaring an emergency.

Approves certain new or increased fees adopted by Department of Environmental Quality.

## 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/HB5018/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB5018/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB5018/A-Engrossed)
4. **JWM Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16671)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB5018/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **26–12** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Reardon. Passed. — **36–21** (pass) · lower
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. — **18–9** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15T23:56:58+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-02-19T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-02-20T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-02-21T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-01-23T08:00:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05T20:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2019-06-05T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-07T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-11T18:55:00+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-12T17:41:22+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-13T18:53:20+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 17, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-06-17T17:38:20+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Reardon. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-17T17:46:39+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17T17:47:39+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-29T15:05:04+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-29T17:37:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-29T19:10:33+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-30T21:26:46+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-07-02T21:22:44+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-07-23T18:09:47+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-01T16:20:18+00:00** Chapter 610, (2019 Laws): Effective date July 23, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9959e5fd-e997-4c9d-9c12-24b0693af93b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).