---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to over-the-air broadcasting; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Excludes <i>over-the-air broadcasting</i>] from meaning of \"communication<b>,</b>\" for purposes of central assessment for property taxation<b>, services of television and radio stations licensed by Federal Communications Commission that use primarily earth-based transmitters to broadcast programming via radio waves to television or radio receivers that use indoor or outdoor antennas for reception</b>."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2331"
citation: "Oregon HB 2331 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Post", "Daniel Bonham", "E. Werner Reschke"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
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/504df4e4-07ed-4bcf-8fc6-c49890457f9d"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2331"
source_hash: "0560cb270ae4a3081b3153731ab7b3fcd07bf967023b6605f7ffb5ffba9f576f"
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 2331 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to over-the-air broadcasting; and prescribing an effective date.

Excludes <i>over-the-air broadcasting</i>] from meaning of "communication<b>,</b>" for purposes of central assessment for property taxation<b>, services of television and radio stations licensed by Federal Communications Commission that use primarily earth-based transmitters to broadcast programming via radio waves to television or radio receivers that use indoor or outdoor antennas for reception</b>.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2331/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2331/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2331/A-Engrossed)
4. **HREV Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/20308)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2331/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Bonham. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Burdick. Passed. — **27–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill Post — primary (person)
- Daniel Bonham — primary (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — primary (person)
- Bobby Levy — cosponsor (person)
- Chuck Riley — cosponsor (person)
- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
- Rep Nearman — cosponsor (person)

## 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 Revenue. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing cancelled.
- **2021-02-23T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-13T20:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-16T20:14:04+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26T20:04:30+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-27T18:40:14+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Bonham. 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 Finance and Revenue. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-06-14T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-16T15:01:36+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-16T19:10:23+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-17T19:24:35+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Burdick. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-17T19:25:35+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-06-22T16:26:27+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-25T21:11:09+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-29T16:42:20+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 421, (2021 Laws): Effective date September 25, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/504df4e4-07ed-4bcf-8fc6-c49890457f9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).