---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to deputy state veterinary technicians."
description: "Authorizes State Department of Agriculture to deputize veterinary technicians to assist department in carrying out its duties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2033"
citation: "Oregon HB 2033 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3cdbdd4-f19b-4bc4-b39d-d311b8d1055b"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2033"
source_hash: "2d1f975664f6084cbe3a799d99a3d05889cdc687edf81fe37e6d7a554ab06cd6"
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 2033 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to deputy state veterinary technicians.

Authorizes State Department of Agriculture to deputize veterinary technicians to assist department in carrying out its duties.

## 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/HB2033/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2033/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. — **25–1** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Hudson. Passed. — **48–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20T04:40:25+00:00** Referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04T23:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-23T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-03-27T00:36:20+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30T18:18:20+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-01T03:58:35+00:00** Carried over to April 1, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-04-02T04:09:35+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 5, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-04-06T04:04:34+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 6, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-04-07T04:05:06+00:00** Carried over to April 7, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-04-08T03:53:10+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 8, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-04-09T03:59:54+00:00** Carried over to April 9, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-04-09T19:37:07+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hudson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-12T18:26:27+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15T20:29:47+00:00** Referred to Natural Resources and Wildfire Recovery. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21T22:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-26T22:17:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2021-05-05T15:18:17+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-05T18:56:27+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-06T19:36:27+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-06T19:37:27+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Boquist.
- **2021-05-11T18:07:08+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-05-12T18:31:27+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-05-17T18:48:26+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 27, (2021 Laws): Effective date January 01, 2022.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3cdbdd4-f19b-4bc4-b39d-d311b8d1055b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).