---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to regulation of commercial vehicles."
description: "Modifies laws that regulate the operation of commercial vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "SB 839"
citation: "Oregon SB 839 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-14T17:12:20+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b20aab4b-6f70-4406-93ef-5940a5324b93"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB839"
source_hash: "1ea7a869a64c5ebe23185fc3a5873fe7dd4b42eb6398cb21eb776404148914ac"
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 SB 839 (2025R1) — Relating to regulation of commercial vehicles.

Modifies laws that regulate the operation of commercial vehicles.

## 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/SB839/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB839/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB839/A-Engrossed)
4. **JCT Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/27961)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB839/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by McLain. Passed. — **48–9** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. — **24–5** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-17T22:13:22+00:00** Referred to Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04T01:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-04-08T00:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-04-11T17:15:33+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14T17:18:51+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15T19:05:09+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T22:01:12+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22T17:00:39+00:00** Referred to Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23T17:31:07+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-23T18:34:52+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24T19:05:35+00:00** Third reading. Carried by McLain. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-28T19:35:30+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-28T22:07:39+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-05T21:36:49+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-14T17:10:47+00:00** Chapter 17, 2025 Laws.
- **2025-05-14T17:12:20+00:00** 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/b20aab4b-6f70-4406-93ef-5940a5324b93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).