---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to payments to members of certain public entities; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "<b>Modifies amount of compensation paid to members of state boards and commissions.</b>"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2992"
citation: "Oregon HB 2992 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Smith Warner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-21T17:03:02+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/beb61d77-0c0f-4d50-b0b2-a92acbdcdcfd"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2992"
source_hash: "76d9b160afd7da57cfb99d1e6673f2fc99c726a08aa50246e95167bedf33fa82"
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 2992 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to payments to members of certain public entities; and prescribing an effective date.

<b>Modifies amount of compensation paid to members of state boards and commissions.</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/HB2992/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2992/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2992/A-Engrossed)
4. **HRULES Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/18889)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2992/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Smith Warner. Passed. — **36–20** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Lieber. Passed. — **18–11** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **30–16** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Barbara Smith Warner — primary (person)
- Andrea Valderrama — cosponsor (person)
- Anna Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
- Khanh Pham — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Sheri Schouten — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21T17:03:02+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26T16:12:34+00:00** Referred to Rules with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-23T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2021-03-25T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session cancelled.
- **2021-04-06T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-10T23:42:22+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and subsequent referral to Ways and Means be rescinded. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-10T23:42:23+00:00** Subsequent referral to Ways and Means rescinded by order of the Speaker.
- **2021-04-14T18:26:53+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-16T03:52:31+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 16, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-04-16T17:13:51+00:00** Motion to refer to Ways and Means carried. Referred.
- **2021-04-16T17:12:51+00:00** Third reading.
- **2021-06-03T13:15:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On General Government. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09T20:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2021-06-09T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-11T15:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-16T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-18T18:12:26+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-21T17:38:01+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Smith Warner. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-21T18:18:49+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21T18:36:47+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23T14:11:19+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-23T15:27:27+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-24T18:29:58+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Lieber. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-25T19:30:13+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-26T17:19:39+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-24T18:30:58+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-07-27T22:29:39+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 627, (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/beb61d77-0c0f-4d50-b0b2-a92acbdcdcfd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).