---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to public indecency; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Provides that masturbation while in, or in view of, public place constitutes crime of public indecency. Punishes by maximum of 364 days' imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both. Punishes by maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both, if person has specified prior conviction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2428"
citation: "Oregon HB 2428 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rick Lewis", "Sherrie Sprenger"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-10T16:21:24+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1b0292a-df00-4da6-8aad-3d7f88e6c994"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2428"
source_hash: "5d11919eecf0b5738f3eac87b88977ef7a9f46380b79a708a8e9081fe467d434"
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 2428 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to public indecency; and prescribing an effective date.

Provides that masturbation while in, or in view of, public place constitutes crime of public indecency. Punishes by maximum of 364 days' imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both. Punishes by maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both, if person has specified prior conviction.

## 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/HB2428/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2428/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2428/A-Engrossed)
4. **HJUD Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/14273)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2428/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Lewis. Passed. — **55–3** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rick Lewis — primary (person)
- Sherrie Sprenger — primary (person)
- Bill Post — 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`
- **2019-01-15T23:56:58+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-03-18T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-03-25T23:24:34+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `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.
- **2019-03-28T18:37:13+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Lewis. 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`
- **2019-04-16T15:32:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-04-23T15:56:03+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `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.
- **2019-04-25T19:00:41+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. 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`
- **2019-05-10T16:21:24+00:00** Chapter 65, (2019 Laws): Effective date September 29, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1b0292a-df00-4da6-8aad-3d7f88e6c994`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).