---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to veterans."
description: "Directs Bureau of Labor and Industries to develop and administer program to conduct outreach to <i>residents of Oregon who served in Oregon National Guard or reserve component of armed forces</i>]<b> veterans</b> to inform them about trade careers and connect them with available apprenticeship opportunities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2202"
citation: "Oregon HB 2202 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-23T17:36:52+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/475c0db8-dbae-43ad-b603-c39c14007278"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2202"
source_hash: "391d73304c7e2e6e5c1061cd7113fc4d0e9eadc2734bc03e369135899d19651b"
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 2202 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to veterans.

Directs Bureau of Labor and Industries to develop and administer program to conduct outreach to <i>residents of Oregon who served in Oregon National Guard or reserve component of armed forces</i>]<b> veterans</b> to inform them about trade careers and connect them with available apprenticeship opportunities.

## 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.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2202/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2202/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2202/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2202/B-Engrossed)
5. **HVET Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/15474)
6. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2202/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
7. **JWM Amendment -A4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16650)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2202/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Evans. Passed. — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15T23:56:58+00:00** Referred to Veterans and Emergency Preparedness. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09T22:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-04-16T15:33:06+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-16T15:33:07+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-23T18:17:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Transportation and Economic Development. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-03T20:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2019-06-03T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-07T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-11T18:55:07+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-12T17:41:22+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-12T17:59:24+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Evans. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-13T15:51:43+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14T17:50:42+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18T15:49:00+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-18T18:18:13+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-19T21:25:44+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-20T17:07:13+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-24T22:53:53+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-07-15T16:08:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-23T17:36:52+00:00** Chapter 528, (2019 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/475c0db8-dbae-43ad-b603-c39c14007278`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).