---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to off-road vehicle equipment standards; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Directs the State Parks and Recreation Department to adopt certain equipment standards for off-road vehicles instead of the other agencies. Declares an emergency, effective on passage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "HB 2232"
citation: "Oregon HB 2232 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Virgle Osborne"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-21T18:48:21+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdfb1119-a730-4af8-922d-f95c967e51d0"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2232"
source_hash: "122735a6c62c54d9d164241c35eebf77977996c12db2ae45921846e61c0f8336"
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 2232 (2025R1) — Relating to off-road vehicle equipment standards; and declaring an emergency.

Directs the State Parks and Recreation Department to adopt certain equipment standards for off-road vehicles instead of the other agencies. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

## 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/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2232/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2232/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2232/A-Engrossed)
4. **JCT Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/26422)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2232/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **24–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Osborne. Passed. — **56–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Virgle Osborne — primary (person)
- Bobby Levy — cosponsor (person)
- Darin Harbick — cosponsor (person)
- David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
- Dwayne Yunker — cosponsor (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Diehl — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Helfrich — cosponsor (person)

## 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 Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11T01:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-02-19T01:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-02-20T23:27:44+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25T19:45:35+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-27T20:08:58+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Osborne. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-04T19:17:37+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04T20:44:20+00:00** Referred to Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06T17:44:45+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06T18:55:18+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-10T18:50:17+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-12T22:02:08+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-03-13T18:53:36+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-03-19T20:18:10+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-21T18:48:21+00:00** Chapter 3, (2025 Laws): Effective date March 19, 2025.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cdfb1119-a730-4af8-922d-f95c967e51d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).