---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the offense of unlawfully operating a low-speed vehicle on a highway."
description: "Allows farm tractors to operate on state highways that have speed limit or posted speed of more than 35 miles per hour."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2236"
citation: "Oregon HB 2236 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Witt", "Jeff Barker", "Rick Lewis"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-10T16:26:58+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9157366-9f94-49bc-abcb-8129dabaed8d"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2236"
source_hash: "038cb9f3ab220c130274e93dca9a677026248eb97365719daf0094b96f311888"
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 2236 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to the offense of unlawfully operating a low-speed vehicle on a highway.

Allows farm tractors to operate on state highways that have speed limit or posted speed of more than 35 miles per hour.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2236/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2236/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Lewis. Passed. — **54–3** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Johnson. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brad Witt — primary (person)
- Jeff Barker — primary (person)
- Rick Lewis — primary (person)
- Bill Post — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Bonham — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Noble — cosponsor (person)

## 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`
- **2019-01-18T19:43:45+00:00** Referred to Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07T01:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-03-28T00:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-01T21:33:05+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02T18:06:14+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-03T18:31:06+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Lewis. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-04T16:35:14+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-05T20:45:03+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-17T22:23:08+00:00** Recommendation: Without recommendation as to passage and be returned to President's desk for referral. Referred to Transportation by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17T22:23:09+00:00** Referred to Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23T15:55:56+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-23T19:36:09+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-24T17:26:59+00:00** Carried over to 04-25 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-04-25T18:53:08+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Johnson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-29T16:32:46+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-29T20:33:17+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-06T22:22:10+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-10T16:26:58+00:00** Chapter 59, (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/a9157366-9f94-49bc-abcb-8129dabaed8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).