---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to law enforcement officers."
description: "States legislative findings about racism and public safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2936"
citation: "Oregon HB 2936 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Manning Jr.", "Janelle Bynum"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
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/a4e220b9-1e54-415c-b04f-16f8bd44f587"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2936"
source_hash: "86f1e524f08a7b874af016635460adec6b8530379fb1f980ab64145f11512e82"
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 2936 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to law enforcement officers.

States legislative findings about racism and public safety.

## 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/HB2936/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2936/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2936/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2936/B-Engrossed)
5. **HJUD Amendment -5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/19836)
6. **SJD110 Amendment -A6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/20800)
7. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2936/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2936/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. — **20–8** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–3** (pass) · upper
- Rules suspended. Third reading as Special Order of Business. Carried by Bynum, Noble. Passed. — **54–4** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **55–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
- Janelle Bynum — primary (person)
- Andrea Valderrama — cosponsor (person)
- Chuck Riley — cosponsor (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Kropf — cosponsor (person)
- Karin Power — cosponsor (person)
- Khanh Pham — cosponsor (person)
- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Prusak — cosponsor (person)
- Ricki Ruiz — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Sheri Schouten — cosponsor (person)
- Tawna Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Kotek — cosponsor (person)
- Wlnsvey Campos — 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 Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-02-08T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-15T15:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-01-30T01:12:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Equitable Policing. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17T15:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2021-03-17T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-03-25T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-07T00:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-16T16:16:21+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19T18:22:52+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20T18:54:20+00:00** Carried over to April 26, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-04-26T18:51:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading as Special Order of Business. Carried by Bynum, 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`
- **2021-05-11T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-12T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-24T15:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-01T19:25:46+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-02T17:43:31+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-03T19:16:43+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-03T19:17:43+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Boquist, Heard, Thatcher.
- **2021-06-07T18:29:45+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2021-06-08T18:10:38+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-08T20:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-16T00:08:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 299, (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/a4e220b9-1e54-415c-b04f-16f8bd44f587`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).