---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Oregon Tax Court filing dates; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Expands establishment of proof of filing with Oregon Tax Court to include filing of complaint or petition dispatched via private express carrier."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 718"
citation: "Oregon SB 718 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-29T17:04:16+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-21T20:17:40+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70635244-7110-4e09-8239-b7ccccb21b01"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB718"
source_hash: "fc1507c313242ea9016fe83ed673bcb2f62ba72aad44f1b6aa1d59bef115ceef"
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 718 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to Oregon Tax Court filing dates; and prescribing an effective date.

Expands establishment of proof of filing with Oregon Tax Court to include filing of complaint or petition dispatched via private express carrier.

## 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/SB718/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB718/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Boquist. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Reschke. Passed. — **55–0** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29T17:04:16+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31T00:28:56+00:00** Referred to Finance and Revenue. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-02-19T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-02-21T16:53:33+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-21T19:14:40+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-02-26T19:39:48+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Boquist. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-26T19:40:48+00:00** Boquist declared conflict of interest.
- **2019-02-27T18:28:08+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05T23:57:51+00:00** Referred to Revenue. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-30T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-31T20:12:24+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-03T17:25:11+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-04T21:15:13+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Reschke. 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 376, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-06-21T20:17:40+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/70635244-7110-4e09-8239-b7ccccb21b01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).