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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to cryptocurrency."
description: "Prohibits state government from accepting payments using cryptocurrency. <i>Prohibits candidates for public office from accepting campaign contributions using cryptocurrency.</i>]<b> Prohibits contributions to political candidate, political committee or petition committee using cryptocurrency.</b>"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2488"
citation: "Oregon HB 2488 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul Holvey"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-10T16:26:58+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d341854a-3df6-4165-9afc-ec3f19843e01"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2488"
source_hash: "e8c89e1d2b0ac83bed13f430ed8d15e1929f412e957557f6d85dadab84815beb"
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 2488 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to cryptocurrency.
Prohibits state government from accepting payments using cryptocurrency. <i>Prohibits candidates for public office from accepting campaign contributions using cryptocurrency.</i>]<b> Prohibits contributions to political candidate, political committee or petition committee using cryptocurrency.</b>
## 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/HB2488/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2488/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2488/A-Engrossed)
4. **HRULES Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/15031)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2488/Enrolled)
## Votes
- Third reading. Carried by Golden. Passed. — **254** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **40** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **40** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Holvey. Passed. — **527** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Paul Holvey — primary (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`
- **2019-01-18T19:43:45+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-01T22:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-03T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-05T19:12:06+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08T18:36:17+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09T18:40:06+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Holvey. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-10T16:36:01+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-12T16:24:01+00:00** Referred to Campaign Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17T22:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-04-22T15:58:11+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-22T17:44:32+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-23T19:36:09+00:00** Carried over to 04-24 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-04-24T19:28:41+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Golden. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-24T19:29:41+00:00** Vote explanation filed by Boquist.
- **2019-04-25T20:51:23+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26T16:10:48+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-02T16:43:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-10T16:26:58+00:00** Chapter 50, (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/d341854a-3df6-4165-9afc-ec3f19843e01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).