---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to vertiports."
description: "Prohibits governing body of local government from granting exclusive right to one operator to develop vertiports or control vertiport operations within local government's jurisdiction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "HB 2834"
citation: "Oregon HB 2834 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrea Valderrama", "Jeffrey Helfrich"]
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/a032f106-dc30-4075-981e-4a9ab3c09426"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/HB2834"
source_hash: "4a003f82078e755d92cd1441c20fd10a596554fc330ca9653beafc288d7bf6bd"
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 2834 (2023R1) — Relating to vertiports.

Prohibits governing body of local government from granting exclusive right to one operator to develop vertiports or control vertiport operations within local government's jurisdiction.

## 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/HB2834/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2834/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **10–2** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed. — **16–8** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Helfrich. Passed. — **44–12** (pass) · lower
- Heard — **10–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Andrea Valderrama — primary (person)
- Jeffrey Helfrich — primary (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 Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T00:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-04-26T00:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-04-27T23:24:43+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-02T02:09:39+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02T21:40:57+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 3, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-05-03T19:47:40+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 4, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-05-04T18:13:38+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Helfrich. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-04T18:14:38+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Elmer.
- **2023-06-15T18:26:05+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-15T23:40:43+00:00** Referred to Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20T15:12:26+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-21T00:07:02+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-22T02:43:40+00:00** Carried over to 06-22 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-06-23T01:49:10+00:00** Carried over to 06-23 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-06-23T19:27:29+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-25T23:01:27+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-27T18:54:47+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-23T19:28:29+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 516, (2023 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2024.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a032f106-dc30-4075-981e-4a9ab3c09426`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).