---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to veteran-owned businesses; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Broadens public contracting preference for businesses that service-disabled veterans own to include all veteran-owned businesses. Defines \"veteran\" and \"veteran-owned business.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "HB 2295"
citation: "Oregon HB 2295 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Manning Jr.", "Rick Lewis"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-09T16:13:56+00:00"
last_action: "2023-08-15T22:20:56+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c10484c-21ee-495b-ba8f-d51d7f10d27d"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/HB2295"
source_hash: "54fbd430e2b6be5a517b8627341f60c5f9d2f8e354166bc0167feb61838c4ed6"
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 2295 (2023R1) — Relating to veteran-owned businesses; and prescribing an effective date.

Broadens public contracting preference for businesses that service-disabled veterans own to include all veteran-owned businesses. Defines "veteran" and "veteran-owned business."

## 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/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2295/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2295/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Lewis. Passed. — **56–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
- Rick Lewis — primary (person)
- Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- Emerson Levy — cosponsor (person)
- Jami Cate — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Jules Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Lieber — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Susan McLain — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Wlnsvey Campos — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09T16:13:56+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16T17:42:49+00:00** Referred to Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-02-21T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-02-22T23:44:02+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28T19:33:57+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02T19:57:25+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Lewis. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-06T17:50:15+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08T20:22:32+00:00** Referred to Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-04-25T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-05-02T16:15:46+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-02T18:25:08+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-15T23:07:12+00:00** Carried over to 06-16 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-06-16T19:18:31+00:00** Carried over to 06-20 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-06-21T00:07:02+00:00** Carried over to 06-21 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-06-21T20:43:56+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-22T21:24:19+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-22T22:12:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-21T20:44:56+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Knopp.
- **2023-08-01T01:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-08-15T22:20:56+00:00** Chapter 497, (2023 Laws): Effective date September 24, 2023.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c10484c-21ee-495b-ba8f-d51d7f10d27d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).