---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the contract price required for an exemption from competitive bidding requirements for public improvement contracts; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Raises contract price at which public improvement contract solicitations are exempt from competitive bidding requirement from $5,000 to $10,000."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 3082"
citation: "Oregon HB 3082 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-02T18:36:48+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4cd5ce5-2d4d-4ff9-a5d4-7749c57783f7"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB3082"
source_hash: "f22635bd5ca3d3d086e715f81befb8e64bd9570b3207aeb4e7508dfd8298c565"
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 3082 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to the contract price required for an exemption from competitive bidding requirements for public improvement contracts; and prescribing an effective date.

Raises contract price at which public improvement contract solicitations are exempt from competitive bidding requirement from $5,000 to $10,000.

## 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/HB3082/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3082/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. — **27–1** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Wilde. Passed. — **58–1** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02T18:36:48+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09T23:11:50+00:00** Referred to General Government. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23T23:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-11T23:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-03-15T13:29:29+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-15T18:11:34+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-17T03:58:00+00:00** Carried over to March 22, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-03-22T19:57:45+00:00** Carried over to March 24, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-03-24T18:08:50+00:00** Carried over to March 29, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-03-29T18:12:26+00:00** Carried over to March 30, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-03-31T03:44:01+00:00** Carried over to March 31, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **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.
- **2021-04-05T19:53:10+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Wilde. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-07T17:50:23+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12T16:11:26+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.
- **2021-05-18T15:09:25+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-18T17:26:24+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-19T19:46:12+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-19T19:47:12+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 127, (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/a4cd5ce5-2d4d-4ff9-a5d4-7749c57783f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).