---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to boating safety education."
description: "Modifies laws related to boating safety education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2078"
citation: "Oregon HB 2078 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-10T15:43:41+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/711df397-f2c1-4944-9e28-c272d4903efd"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2078"
source_hash: "f0ed687a193589cbca4eae5b40a95168f9bc1347797bbd49ccfac29b5b2ab060"
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 2078 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to boating safety education.

Modifies laws related to boating safety education.

## 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.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2078/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2078/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2078/A-Engrossed)
4. **HNR Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/13928)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2078/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Sprenger. Passed. — **56–1** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. — **21–7** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **3–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-19T00:04:07+00:00** Referred to Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-02-28T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-03-04T20:02:01+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05T19:20:15+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-06T19:20:05+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Sprenger. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-07T17:26:00+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08T23:31:06+00:00** Referred to Environment and Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-09T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-15T15:49:09+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15T18:48:51+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16T18:50:54+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-17T17:43:58+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-20T16:18:01+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-24T19:06:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10T15:43:41+00:00** Chapter 156, (2019 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/711df397-f2c1-4944-9e28-c272d4903efd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).