---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to food establishment licenses."
description: "Makes permanent the authority of the State Department of Agriculture to annually increase license fees for food establishments by up to three percent."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "HB 2805"
citation: "Oregon HB 2805 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00"
last_action: "2025-07-25T17:45:38+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18bad36e-986d-408b-8693-2a1312fb9205"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2805"
source_hash: "cf0784111aff427d813ee2f3918fe3783cd97ae2b6b77ee41a11e26c77209150"
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 2805 (2025R1) — Relating to food establishment licenses.

Makes permanent the authority of the State Department of Agriculture to annually increase license fees for food establishments by up to three percent.

## 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/HB2805/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2805/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **28–12** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Levy E. Passed. — **31–19** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. — **18–12** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–1** (pass) · lower

## 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`
- **2025-01-27T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-02-12T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-02-17T18:56:26+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass and be referred to Ways and Means. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-17T18:56:27+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-19T21:19:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-22T22:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2025-05-22T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-30T16:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-06-03T23:36:52+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-04T21:25:47+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-05T19:01:18+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Levy E. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-09T19:36:00+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09T19:54:37+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10T16:31:48+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-10T19:01:13+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-12T00:22:01+00:00** Carried over to 06-12 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-12T22:52:30+00:00** Carried over to 06-16 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-16T23:47:34+00:00** Carried over to 06-17 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-17T19:09:59+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-18T19:59:18+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-18T22:25:27+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-26T18:59:45+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-25T17:45:38+00:00** Chapter 440, (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/18bad36e-986d-408b-8693-2a1312fb9205`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).