republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2019-regular-session/hb-2574.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to shellfish; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Requires Department of Land Conservation and Development to <i>establish electronic information system to</i>] receive, consolidate and organize public record information concerning shellfish mariculture in Oregon. <b>Requires department to establish electronic system to store and share information concerning shellfish mariculture.</b> Appropriates moneys to department for program for biennium beginning July 1, 2019."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2574"
citation: "Oregon HB 2574 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Witt", "Caddy McKeown"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-08-14T21:32:36+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfc9ae0e-6fd1-4553-917d-2d4fc85f0405"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2574"
source_hash: "fc672fa704fcb9dc2705f6c42be3ab518e6543239ac0f241912e78e4a04bf256"
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 2574 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to shellfish; and declaring an emergency.

Requires Department of Land Conservation and Development to <i>establish electronic information system to</i>] receive, consolidate and organize public record information concerning shellfish mariculture in Oregon. <b>Requires department to establish electronic system to store and share information concerning shellfish mariculture.</b> Appropriates moneys to department for program for biennium beginning July 1, 2019.

## 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/HB2574/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2574/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2574/A-Engrossed)
4. **HNR Amendment -3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/15520)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2574/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Steiner Hayward. Passed. — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Barreto. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **36–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Brad Witt — primary (person)
- Caddy McKeown — primary (person)
- Arnie Roblan — cosponsor (person)
- Betsy Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Carla Piluso — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
- Karin Power — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Doherty — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Holvey — 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`
- **2019-01-18T19:43:45+00:00** Referred to Natural Resources with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-09T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-15T19:52:44+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-15T19:52:45+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-07T21:42:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-10T20:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2019-06-10T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-14T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-19T14:43:21+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-19T17:44:16+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-20T22:24:41+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Barreto. 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`
- **2019-06-29T22:54:04+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-30T02:02:34+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-30T03:45:05+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Steiner Hayward. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-07-02T22:16:59+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-07-03T21:51:02+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-08-09T23:53:36+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-14T21:32:36+00:00** Chapter 654, (2019 Laws): Effective date August 9, 2019.
- **2019-06-30T03:46:05+00:00** Vote explanation filed by Steiner Hayward.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dfc9ae0e-6fd1-4553-917d-2d4fc85f0405`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).