---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to racing."
description: "Establishes annual payments to be made by race meet operators that conduct mutuel wagering on horse races previously held. Establishes allowable uses for portions of such payments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 165"
citation: "Oregon SB 165 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00"
last_action: "2021-08-20T17:10:35+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af9ab460-c391-43cf-a106-36d572bd479b"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB165"
source_hash: "38c80a489e2053ca7c90c46fdec0490139bf9424a836bd1e67dca41b3f09221d"
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 SB 165 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to racing.

Establishes annual payments to be made by race meet operators that conduct mutuel wagering on horse races previously held. Establishes allowable uses for portions of such payments.

## 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/SB165/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB165/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB165/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB165/B-Engrossed)
5. **HGG Amendment -A6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/21004)
6. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB165/House%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
7. **SFR Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/18667)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB165/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **3–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — **19–10** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Wilde. Passed. — **40–18** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Boquist. Passed. — **28–2** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19T19:35:42+00:00** Referred to Finance and Revenue. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-01T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-16T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-03-26T22:09:00+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31T16:45:55+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-01T18:37:43+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Boquist. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-02T02:20:26+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09T01:51:28+00:00** Referred to General Government with subsequent referral to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27T22:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-04T22:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-06T22:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-11T22:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-13T22:16:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-28T19:12:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-25T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-01T15:48:25+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed B-Engrossed, and subsequent referral to Rules be rescinded. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-01T15:48:26+00:00** Subsequent referral to Rules rescinded by order of the Speaker.
- **2021-06-03T18:49:06+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-07T22:59:40+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 8, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-06-08T23:30:45+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 9, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-06-09T23:09:27+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Wilde. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-16T17:54:13+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
- **2021-06-16T17:55:13+00:00** Kennemer granted unanimous consent to change vote from nay to aye.
- **2021-06-22T15:29:38+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-22T19:56:03+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-07-19T22:29:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-20T17:05:08+00:00** Chapter 573, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-08-20T17:10:35+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2022.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af9ab460-c391-43cf-a106-36d572bd479b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).