---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to acknowledged urban reserves in Washington County; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Removes requirement that certain Metro lands be zoned for employment land of state significance. Allows redesignation of those lands by local government."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2914"
citation: "Oregon HB 2914 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Janeen Sollman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-11T17:06:18+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-10T15:43:41+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ebf5458-0e92-476e-bb7d-0139fdf8bd34"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2914"
source_hash: "7aac03bbbb845382656310e45f73d64c17be9177fb88498770a5f8092aed47f6"
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 2914 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to acknowledged urban reserves in Washington County; and declaring an emergency.

Removes requirement that certain Metro lands be zoned for employment land of state significance. Allows redesignation of those lands by local government.

## 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/HB2914/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2914/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2914/A-Engrossed)
4. **HAGLU Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/14984)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2914/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Riley. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed. — **56–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Janeen Sollman — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-11T17:06:18+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15T00:35:23+00:00** Referred to Agriculture and Land Use. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-04T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-11T15:22:43+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-15T18:25:11+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16T22:17:12+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-17T16:45:37+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17T22:41:27+00:00** Referred to Environment and Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-14T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-20T15:46:10+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.
- **2019-05-22T19:07:05+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Riley. 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 199, (2019 Laws): Effective date May 30, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ebf5458-0e92-476e-bb7d-0139fdf8bd34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).