---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to beverage containers."
description: "Prohibits person from<b>, with intent to defraud,</b> <i>intentionally</i>] returning for refund value during one day <i>25</i>]<b> 50</b> or more individual beverage containers that person knows <i>or has good reason to know</i>] were not sold in this state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 522"
citation: "Oregon SB 522 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Betsy Johnson", "E. Werner Reschke"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-17T15:57:34+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/134fc73b-0800-4e71-95e2-b4f1c7cdf77e"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB522"
source_hash: "eaf69970feb7965bc884a12032364a23f5bcf916332accfb9c24bc7832b96721"
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 522 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to beverage containers.

Prohibits person from<b>, with intent to defraud,</b> <i>intentionally</i>] returning for refund value during one day <i>25</i>]<b> 50</b> or more individual beverage containers that person knows <i>or has good reason to know</i>] were not sold in this state.

## 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/SB522/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB522/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB522/A-Engrossed)
4. **SENR Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/15700)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB522/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Johnson. Passed. — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Reschke. Passed. — **48–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Betsy Johnson — primary (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — primary (person)
- Lynn Findley — 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 Environment and Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-09T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-12T21:32:01+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-15T18:19:09+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16T19:14:26+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Johnson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16T19:15:26+00:00** Hass declared potential conflict of interest.
- **2019-04-17T17:34:10+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24T23:49:29+00:00** Referred to Energy and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-14T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-20T16:00:04+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-22T17:29:40+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-24T04:43:42+00:00** Carried over to May 27, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-27T18:12:22+00:00** Carried over to May 28, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-29T01:47:35+00:00** Carried over to May 29, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-30T03:22:24+00:00** Carried over to May 30, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-30T18:19:07+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Reschke. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-03T15:49:24+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-03T19:00:48+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-07T21:02:48+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-17T15:51:14+00:00** Chapter 297, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-06-17T15:57:34+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/134fc73b-0800-4e71-95e2-b4f1c7cdf77e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).