---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to courts; declaring an emergency; and providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths majority."
description: "<i>Directs State Court Administrator to study issues relating to courts.</i>]"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 3447"
citation: "Oregon HB 3447 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan Rayfield"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-06-05T16:12:27+00:00"
last_action: "2019-08-01T16:20:18+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bc44ee1-e286-4cb6-8dbd-caeeddc01ffd"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB3447"
source_hash: "e886e7be6744f7eed446844c0be69661c9f4e96f93859ec851e84dcdd9b1c975"
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 3447 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to courts; declaring an emergency; and providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths majority.

<i>Directs State Court Administrator to study issues relating to courts.</i>]

## 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/HB3447/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3447/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3447/A-Engrossed)
4. **JWM Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16965)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3447/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **38–2** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. — **26–1** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Rayfield. Passed. — **41–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dan Rayfield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-05T16:12:27+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05T22:44:26+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-07T21:41:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12T22:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2019-06-12T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-18T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-20T19:40:54+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-24T18:35:43+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-25T22:08:52+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Rayfield. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-29T14:53:52+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-29T16:13:51+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-29T22:09:34+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-30T02:02:34+00:00** Rules suspended. Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-30T03:39:36+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-02T22:16:59+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-07-03T21:51:02+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-30T03:40:36+00:00** Vote explanation filed by Manning Jr.
- **2019-07-23T18:09:47+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-01T16:20:18+00:00** Chapter 605, (2019 Laws): Effective date July 23, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2bc44ee1-e286-4cb6-8dbd-caeeddc01ffd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).