---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the office of the county clerk; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Provides that county clerk shall establish regular business hours of at least <b>four hours per day, and</b> 30 hours per <i>work</i>] week<b>, Monday through Friday,</b> for receipt and certification of instruments presented for recording. Allows for reduction in certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 250"
citation: "Oregon SB 250 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00"
last_action: "2021-08-18T20:33:06+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e8c9e00-529c-4fd5-a4e7-38a6d47f0df9"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB250"
source_hash: "2c9d8338fd49e9b2510bf939bece17a798f187bf572f46125d0465a052eda166"
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 SB 250 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to the office of the county clerk; and declaring an emergency.

Provides that county clerk shall establish regular business hours of at least <b>four hours per day, and</b> 30 hours per <i>work</i>] week<b>, Monday through Friday,</b> for receipt and certification of instruments presented for recording. Allows for reduction in certain circumstances.

## 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/SB250/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB250/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB250/A-Engrossed)
4. **SRULES Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/20534)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB250/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Bonham. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **3–1** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Burdick. Passed. — **28–1** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19T19:35:42+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing Cancelled.
- **2021-02-25T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-01T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session cancelled.
- **2021-05-06T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-11T21:04:41+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-12T17:20:51+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-13T18:51:13+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Burdick. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-17T18:23:08+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19T20:47:28+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-06-15T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-17T22:32:52+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-21T17:43:38+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-23T00:16:43+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Bonham. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-25T23:24:04+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-26T00:02:47+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-07-14T22:29:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-18T20:29:51+00:00** Chapter 484, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-08-18T20:33:06+00:00** Effective date, July 14, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e8c9e00-529c-4fd5-a4e7-38a6d47f0df9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).