---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the classification of persons with disabilities under the wildlife laws."
description: "Classifies a person with a documented intellectual or developmental disability as a person with a disability for purposes of wildlife laws that pertain to angling and harvesting shellfish."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "HB 2163"
citation: "Oregon HB 2163 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-20T18:52:15+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ffcd868-99ee-4d65-a090-9d84ad8f4291"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2163"
source_hash: "dc57fe44f605507a16c1bb170dcd44887c18fe1e60aab4184e759bfcd635d71a"
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 2163 (2025R1) — Relating to the classification of persons with disabilities under the wildlife laws.

Classifies a person with a documented intellectual or developmental disability as a person with a disability for purposes of wildlife laws that pertain to angling and harvesting shellfish.

## 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/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2163/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2163/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by McDonald. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Girod. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-17T20:47:46+00:00** Referred to Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water. `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-02-10T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-02-11T18:09:46+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11T19:19:12+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-13T19:08:00+00:00** Carried over to February 18, 2025 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2025-02-18T19:33:34+00:00** Third reading. Carried by McDonald. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-20T18:51:27+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21T22:35:50+00:00** Referred to Natural Resources and Wildfire. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-04-17T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-04-24T16:17:50+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-24T17:42:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-28T19:20:57+00:00** Carried over to 04-29 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-04-29T19:37:40+00:00** Carried over to 04-30 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-04-30T18:35:33+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Girod. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-01T17:16:51+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-01T19:29:25+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-07T21:22:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-20T18:52:15+00:00** Chapter 21, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ffcd868-99ee-4d65-a090-9d84ad8f4291`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).