---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to administrative hearings; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Permits chief administrative law judge to require implied consent hearing to be conducted by telephone or other two-way communication device if judge determines that meeting in person poses significant risk to health or safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 3176"
citation: "Oregon HB 3176 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul Holvey"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
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/9686da59-b8a4-44f0-b37e-a1b82d8da40e"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB3176"
source_hash: "f666cfe149eb275f96e7cede1071cf30f12078ed503a3da756905b962658109c"
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 3176 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to administrative hearings; and declaring an emergency.

Permits chief administrative law judge to require implied consent hearing to be conducted by telephone or other two-way communication device if judge determines that meeting in person poses significant risk to health or safety.

## 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.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3176/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3176/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3176/A-Engrossed)
4. **HJUD Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/19962)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3176/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **22–6** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Holvey. Passed. — **56–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Paul Holvey — primary (person)
- Ron Noble — 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 Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10T23:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-24T22:16:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-03-31T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-01T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-06T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-20T18:29:43+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26T20:04:30+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-28T00:47:56+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Holvey. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-28T19:50:55+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29T19:11:50+00:00** Referred to Judiciary and Ballot Measure 110 Implementation. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-19T15:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-02T15:18:20+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-02T17:43:31+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-03T19:32:23+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-03T19:33:23+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-06-08T16:03:05+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-08T20:24:56+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-16T00:08:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 302, (2021 Laws): Effective date June 15, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9686da59-b8a4-44f0-b37e-a1b82d8da40e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).