---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Public Defense Services Commission; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Expands membership of Public Defense Services Commission from seven to nine members. Modifies qualifications of members."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2003"
citation: "Oregon HB 2003 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jason Kropf", "Karin Power"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-21T17:03:02+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/450b3474-348c-4635-a942-35ee8b8a20b7"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2003"
source_hash: "49b47dd8550deb4eaf76263d4b40e56842e6dc9dc050ed8ec73c280d58d7a91a"
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 2003 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to the Public Defense Services Commission; and declaring an emergency.

Expands membership of Public Defense Services Commission from seven to nine members. Modifies qualifications of members.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2003/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2003/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. — **24–4** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–2** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Power, Noble. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jason Kropf — primary (person)
- Karin Power — primary (person)
- Boomer Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Noble — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21T17:03:02+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26T16:12:34+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-06T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-13T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-20T22:08:50+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26T20:04:30+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-27T18:02:07+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Power, Noble. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-28T19:50:55+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29T19:11:50+00:00** Referred to Judiciary and Ballot Measure 110 Implementation. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-17T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-28T15:20:35+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-28T17:07:48+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-01T17:47:21+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-02T20:47:21+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-07T16:27:01+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-11T23:30:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 202, (2021 Laws): Effective date June 11, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/450b3474-348c-4635-a942-35ee8b8a20b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).