---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Farm-to-School Grant Program; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Expands types of entities that may receive grant from Farm-to-School Grant Program to purchase food produced or processed in state or to identify sources of foods or to process foods. Expands purposes for which grant may be used."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2579"
citation: "Oregon HB 2579 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Post", "Brian Clem", "David Brock Smith", "Jeff Reardon"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-08-01T16:20:18+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7234618e-7607-48c2-af9a-e17e825ad7b0"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2579"
source_hash: "4a817a020ff18df0864ff147c239d6e88758464f6db863d0979220fd2d733465"
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 2579 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to the Farm-to-School Grant Program; and declaring an emergency.

Expands types of entities that may receive grant from Farm-to-School Grant Program to purchase food produced or processed in state or to identify sources of foods or to process foods. Expands purposes for which grant may be used.

## 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/HB2579/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2579/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2579/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2579/B-Engrossed)
5. **HAGLU Amendment -3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/14804)
6. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2579/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
7. **JWM Amendment -A7** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16967)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2579/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Evans. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **42–0** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Post — primary (person)
- Brian Clem — primary (person)
- David Brock Smith — primary (person)
- Jeff Reardon — primary (person)
- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
- Anna Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Brad Witt — cosponsor (person)
- Caddy McKeown — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- Cheri Helt — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Gorsek — cosponsor (person)
- Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Bonham — cosponsor (person)
- David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- John Lively — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Helm — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Prusak — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Kotek — 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 Agriculture and Land Use with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing cancelled.
- **2019-02-28T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-02T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-04T16:05:58+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04T16:05:59+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-05-23T16:43:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Education. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12T21:27:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17T20:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2019-06-17T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-18T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-20T19:40:52+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-24T18:35:43+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-25T00:16:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 25, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-06-25T18:38:04+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Evans. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-29T14:53:52+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-29T16:13:51+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-29T22:09:32+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-30T02:02:34+00:00** Rules suspended. Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-30T03:44:44+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-02T17:49:50+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-07-03T22:16:12+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-30T03:45:44+00:00** Vote explanation filed by Taylor.
- **2019-07-23T18:09:47+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-01T16:20:18+00:00** Chapter 590, (2019 Laws): Effective date July 23, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7234618e-7607-48c2-af9a-e17e825ad7b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).