---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to veterans' loans."
description: "Modifies laws relating to program for home and farm loans to veterans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2140"
citation: "Oregon HB 2140 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01bc956c-a6d2-4f8c-86f0-66a98ff34e9f"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2140"
source_hash: "98480d1a858bf918e8ab0d2b28e33f0f81cca78574d6cfdb128a3848f285f525"
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 2140 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to veterans' loans.

Modifies laws relating to program for home and farm loans to veterans.

## 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/HB2140/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2140/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Wright. Passed. — **56–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Thomsen. Passed. — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **3–1** (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 Veterans and Emergency Management. `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26T23:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-02-16T23:16:00+00:00** Work Session cancelled.
- **2021-02-23T23:16:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-03-02T23:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-03-04T14:20:11+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-08T19:14:03+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-09T20:35:05+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Wright. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-10T19:39:18+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17T16:13:56+00:00** Referred to Labor and Business. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-03-26T20:33:09+00:00** Recommendation: Without recommendation as to passage and be returned to President's desk for referral. Referred to Veterans and Emergency Preparedness by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26T20:33:10+00:00** Referred to Veterans and Emergency Preparedness. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06T22:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-13T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-19T15:20:01+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19T18:32:38+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21T19:50:09+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Thomsen. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-27T20:29:19+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-04-28T19:35:22+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-05-06T23:10:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 13, (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/01bc956c-a6d2-4f8c-86f0-66a98ff34e9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).