---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to tax exemption for the property of a company that builds certain communication services infrastructure; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Repeals exemption for property of company that builds, maintains and operates project constituting certain communication services infrastructure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2684"
citation: "Oregon HB 2684 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rob Nosse"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-10T15:38:36+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c5d4033-6785-4796-8d82-ccd3e9d52307"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2684"
source_hash: "3f0942f20bd1d96f3c59897721773abb62364d1ed7eb44b48f5fd33e3715c3e7"
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 2684 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to tax exemption for the property of a company that builds certain communication services infrastructure; and prescribing an effective date.

Repeals exemption for property of company that builds, maintains and operates project constituting certain communication services infrastructure.

## 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/HB2684/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2684/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2684/A-Engrossed)
4. **HREV Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/15759)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2684/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Nosse, Smith Warner. Passed. — **59–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Bentz. Passed. — **26–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rob Nosse — primary (person)
- Barbara Smith Warner — 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 Revenue. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21T16:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-02-25T16:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-03T15:31:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-15T15:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-19T21:13:44+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-22T17:51:16+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-23T21:20:50+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 24, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-04-24T17:52:21+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Nosse, Smith Warner. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-25T16:36:44+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-26T20:13:22+00:00** Referred to Finance and Revenue. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14T22:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-05-16T15:29:24+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-16T17:58:53+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-20T18:48:55+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Bentz. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-21T17:56:12+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-21T22:56:14+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-24T19:06:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10T15:38:36+00:00** Chapter 164, (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/2c5d4033-6785-4796-8d82-ccd3e9d52307`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).