---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to checkout bags."
description: "Prohibits retail establishments from providing single-use checkout bags to customers, except in certain cases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2509"
citation: "Oregon HB 2509 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carla Piluso", "Chris Gorsek", "Dan Rayfield", "Janeen Sollman", "Mark Hass", "Michael Dembrow"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-02T21:19:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec3e2378-33d8-446a-b9e4-e8308a9f3d43"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2509"
source_hash: "e2616162fa72bf72851a0cb0de00d48c73b3a804bdc93565b7282e40d781a36f"
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 2509 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to checkout bags.

Prohibits retail establishments from providing single-use checkout bags to customers, except in certain cases.

## 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/HB2509/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2509/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2509/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2509/B-Engrossed)
5. **HEE Amendment -10** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/15347)
6. **HRULES Amendment -A13** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/15783)
7. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2509/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2509/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Read. Carried by Sollman. Passed. — **42–18** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. — **17–12** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **6–3** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–2** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **3–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carla Piluso — primary (person)
- Chris Gorsek — primary (person)
- Dan Rayfield — primary (person)
- Janeen Sollman — primary (person)
- Mark Hass — primary (person)
- Michael Dembrow — primary (person)
- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Smith Warner — cosponsor (person)
- Caddy McKeown — cosponsor (person)
- Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
- David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Monnes Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Sheri Schouten — cosponsor (person)
- Susan McLain — cosponsor (person)
- Tawna Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Tiffiny Mitchell — cosponsor (person)

## 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`
- **2019-01-15T23:56:58+00:00** Referred to Energy and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-04T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-05T00:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-11T15:21:07+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-15T18:25:11+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16T21:44:08+00:00** Third Reading. Motion to refer to Rules carried. Referred.
- **2019-04-22T22:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-04-24T22:20:39+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-25T18:11:00+00:00** Read. Carried by Sollman. Passed.
- **2019-04-25T18:12:00+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Noble, Smith DB.
- **2019-04-29T16:53:24+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30T15:30:19+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-29T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-06-05T15:39:47+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-05T18:46:18+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-06T22:19:41+00:00** Carried over to 06-10 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-06-10T19:37:38+00:00** Carried over to 06-11 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-06-11T19:06:04+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-13T21:45:39+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-14T17:21:17+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-20T22:17:13+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-02T21:19:47+00:00** Chapter 434, (2019 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2020.
- **2019-04-02T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec3e2378-33d8-446a-b9e4-e8308a9f3d43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).