---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to unlawfully transporting hay."
description: "Repeals crime of unlawfully transporting hay."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 509"
citation: "Oregon SB 509 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arnie Roblan", "Betsy Johnson", "E. Werner Reschke"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-10T16:46:46+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7c5b7e7-d411-4034-8da3-bc2810efa122"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB509"
source_hash: "75f550e6718eaeee44c9228e573c509e187e8c809170ac13d7bf3ced58b1a430"
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 509 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to unlawfully transporting hay.

Repeals crime of unlawfully transporting hay.

## 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/SB509/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB509/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Reschke. Passed. — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Arnie Roblan — primary (person)
- Betsy Johnson — primary (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — primary (person)
- Bill Post — cosponsor (person)
- Brad Witt — cosponsor (person)
- Caddy McKeown — cosponsor (person)
- Christine Drazan — cosponsor (person)
- Dallas Heard — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Bonham — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
- Dennis Linthicum — cosponsor (person)
- Duane Stark — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Lynn Findley — cosponsor (person)
- Mike McLane — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nearman — cosponsor (person)
- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly Boshart Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Sherrie Sprenger — cosponsor (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 Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18T16:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-02-26T16:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-03-05T16:25:59+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05T18:13:36+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-07T20:16:50+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Roblan. 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 Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-04-23T23:15:10+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24T18:49:12+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-25T18:44:58+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Reschke. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-29T15:40:09+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-29T16:30:58+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-06T22:40:34+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-10T16:45:32+00:00** Chapter 80, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-05-10T16:46:46+00:00** 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/d7c5b7e7-d411-4034-8da3-bc2810efa122`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).