---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to boats."
description: "Directs State Marine Board to provide optional licensing of boats as charter boats if boat carries fewer than seven passengers for hire."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2777"
citation: "Oregon HB 2777 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Brock Smith"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
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/472e1390-b7a5-482c-9369-24a6310fa252"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2777"
source_hash: "e1b7b87a66b46b5974da35ab63f0440e092c16bca9aa7066642555148705e55b"
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 2777 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to boats.

Directs State Marine Board to provide optional licensing of boats as charter boats if boat carries fewer than seven passengers for hire.

## 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/HB2777/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2777/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Kennemer. Passed. — **26–2** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Smith DB. Passed. — **41–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Brock Smith — primary (person)
- Boomer Wright — 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 Agriculture and Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09T23:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-23T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-03-27T00:36:56+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.
- **2021-04-10T02:51:56+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 10, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-04-10T21:57:14+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Smith DB. 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 Labor and Business. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-11T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-18T15:09:10+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-18T17:26:24+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-19T19:08:52+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Kennemer. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-19T19:09:52+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-05-20T19:02:53+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-05-25T17:04:30+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-01T21:24:13+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 123, (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/472e1390-b7a5-482c-9369-24a6310fa252`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).