---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to exemptions to safety belt requirements."
description: "Clarifies that current safety belt exemption for delivering newspapers or mail applies to person driving route to deliver newspapers or mail."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2347"
citation: "Oregon HB 2347 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karin Power"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-21T19:27:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2af2d934-5bc3-4efb-80e0-46ed6e57c501"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2347"
source_hash: "accd1a40ea7bf6a09a6776905251e2c01378d0c97374d706be34c54f83976f79"
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 2347 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to exemptions to safety belt requirements.

Clarifies that current safety belt exemption for delivering newspapers or mail applies to person driving route to deliver newspapers or mail.

## 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/HB2347/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2347/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2347/A-Engrossed)
4. **SJUD Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16086)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2347/Enrolled)

## Votes

- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **58–2** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Power. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **26–2** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Karin Power — primary (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 Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-03-21T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-03-25T23:24:29+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26T18:24:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-27T20:06:25+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 28, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-03-28T18:38:36+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Power. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-01T16:32:54+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02T16:07:45+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-14T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-20T15:45:54+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-21T16:53:45+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-22T17:05:02+00:00** Carried over to 05-23 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-05-23T19:45:29+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-05T22:05:45+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2019-06-07T21:28:31+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-10T16:30:05+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-17T20:11:08+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-21T19:27:42+00:00** Chapter 398, (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/2af2d934-5bc3-4efb-80e0-46ed6e57c501`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).