---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to motorboats."
description: "Authorizes State Marine Board to adopt special regulations to protect shoreline in Willamette River Greenway."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2351"
citation: "Oregon HB 2351 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karin Power", "Ken Helm"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-10T15:43:41+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91d03bc5-2ffb-47bd-82a4-24733e05e849"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2351"
source_hash: "3695152918512c23951f7f087a30dc95949673a9a7eb601ee142aad343adeb97"
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 2351 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to motorboats.

Authorizes State Marine Board to adopt special regulations to protect shoreline in Willamette River Greenway.

## 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/HB2351/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2351/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2351/A-Engrossed)
4. **HNR Amendment -8** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/15045)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2351/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. — **21–6** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. — **50–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Karin Power — primary (person)
- Ken Helm — primary (person)
- Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
- Susan McLain — 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`
- **2019-01-19T00:04:07+00:00** Referred to Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-03-07T16:01:00+00:00** Informational Meeting held.
- **2019-03-28T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-03T19:18:40+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04T18:39:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08T18:43:16+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-09T16:12:27+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10T16:33:09+00:00** Referred to Environment and Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08T18:44:16+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Neron.
- **2019-05-02T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-14T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-20T15:45:55+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-20T17:44:52+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21T16:53:45+00:00** Carried over to 05-22 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-05-22T18:29:17+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-23T19:14:06+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-23T22:40:59+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-30T23:17:54+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10T15:43:41+00:00** Chapter 192, (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/91d03bc5-2ffb-47bd-82a4-24733e05e849`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).