---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to residency requirements under wildlife statutes."
description: "Amends residency requirements for purposes of licenses, tags and permits related to wildlife."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 3163"
citation: "Oregon HB 3163 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Witt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-09T18:27:16+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb9ef53d-2102-409e-a5d2-4d9b62cf1fb0"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB3163"
source_hash: "7b58953f5cbac56c02af41a653c270ab58eafc67b32e30877254a77b49fe3d1b"
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 3163 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to residency requirements under wildlife statutes.

Amends residency requirements for purposes of licenses, tags and permits related to wildlife.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3163/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3163/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Witt. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **26–3** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brad Witt — primary (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Helm — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Owens — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Nathanson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09T18:27:16+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-12T17:10:50+00:00** Referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30T22:17:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2021-04-02T23:36:19+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05T18:04:11+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-07T04:05:06+00:00** Carried over to April 7, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-04-08T03:53:10+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 8, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-04-09T03:59:54+00:00** Carried over to April 9, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-04-10T02:51:56+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 10, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-04-11T01:13:11+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 12, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-04-13T04:23:16+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 13, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-04-14T04:08:45+00:00** Carried over to April 14, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-04-15T04:06:41+00:00** Carried over to April 15, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-04-15T19:57:22+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Witt. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-19T16:02:34+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-23T16:24:27+00:00** Referred to Natural Resources and Wildfire Recovery. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-03T22:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-10T22:17:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2021-05-17T15:12:20+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-17T17:42:44+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-18T19:39:57+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-18T19:40:57+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Boquist, Heard.
- **2021-05-20T15:31:20+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-05-25T17:04:30+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-01T21:24:13+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 128, (2021 Laws): Effective date January 01, 2022.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb9ef53d-2102-409e-a5d2-4d9b62cf1fb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).