---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to reserve amounts in tax credit auctions; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Decreases reserve amounts in auctions for tax credits for certified Opportunity Grant contributions and certified film production development contributions.<b> Sets deadline for auctions.</b> Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, <i>2020</i>]<b> 2019</b>, and before January 1, 2024."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 459"
citation: "Oregon SB 459 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ginny Burdick", "Mark Hass"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-21T20:11:10+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68e25d74-dbbc-4b8e-b980-0fe90a43632f"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB459"
source_hash: "0b3fc9d6f12cddaf1568e3a11a941b218bd42394cdfb4e6d0d43e67d85a96903"
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 SB 459 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to reserve amounts in tax credit auctions; and prescribing an effective date.

Decreases reserve amounts in auctions for tax credits for certified Opportunity Grant contributions and certified film production development contributions.<b> Sets deadline for auctions.</b> Applies to tax years beginning on or after January 1, <i>2020</i>]<b> 2019</b>, and before January 1, 2024.

## 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/SB459/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB459/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB459/A-Engrossed)
4. **SFR Amendment -4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/13874)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB459/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Hass. Passed. — **23–3** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Smith Warner. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ginny Burdick — primary (person)
- Mark Hass — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16T17:20:23+00:00** Referred to Finance and Revenue. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-02-26T23:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-03-04T22:33:58+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05T18:13:36+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-07T20:16:08+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hass. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-11T17:27:13+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-15T23:12:32+00:00** Referred to Revenue. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-30T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-30T18:25:54+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-03T17:25:11+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-04T18:42:23+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Smith Warner. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-05T20:57:35+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-06T15:54:16+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-13T18:20:42+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-21T20:04:28+00:00** Chapter 370, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-06-21T20:11:10+00:00** Effective Date, September 29, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68e25d74-dbbc-4b8e-b980-0fe90a43632f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).