republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2019-regular-session/hb-2579.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Relating to the Farm-to-School Grant Program; and declaring an emergency.	Expands types of entities that may receive grant from Farm-to-School Grant Program to purchase food produced or processed in state or to identify sources of foods or to process foods. Expands purposes for which grant may be used.	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2019 Regular Session	HB 2579	Oregon HB 2579 (2019 Regular Session)	bill		enacted	Bill Post Brian Clem David Brock Smith Jeff Reardon	8	27	4	2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00	2019-08-01T16:20:18+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/7234618e-7607-48c2-af9a-e17e825ad7b0	https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2579	4a817a020ff18df0864ff147c239d6e88758464f6db863d0979220fd2d733465	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon HB 2579 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to the Farm-to-School Grant Program; and declaring an emergency.

Expands types of entities that may receive grant from Farm-to-School Grant Program to purchase food produced or processed in state or to identify sources of foods or to process foods. Expands purposes for which grant may be used.

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/HB2579/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. Introduced (filed) — source
3. A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. B-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. HAGLU Amendment -3 (committee substitute) — source
6. House Amendments to A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2579/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
7. JWM Amendment -A7 (committee substitute) — source
8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third reading. Carried by Evans. Passed. — 58–0 (pass) · lower
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 42–0 (pass) · legislature
• Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. — 27–0 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bill Post — primary (person)
• Brian Clem — primary (person)
• David Brock Smith — primary (person)
• Jeff Reardon — primary (person)
• Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
• Anna Williams — cosponsor (person)
• Brad Witt — cosponsor (person)
• Caddy McKeown — cosponsor (person)
• Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
• Cheri Helt — cosponsor (person)
• Chris Gorsek — cosponsor (person)
• Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel Bonham — cosponsor (person)
• David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
• E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
• Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
• John Lively — cosponsor (person)
• Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
• Ken Helm — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
• Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
• Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
• Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
• Rachel Prusak — cosponsor (person)
• Tina Kotek — 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 Agriculture and Land Use with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2019-02-14T23:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing cancelled.
• 2019-02-28T23:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2019-04-02T22:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2019-04-04T16:05:58+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-04T16:05:59+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. referral-committee
• 2019-06-04T15:31:00+00:00 Public Hearing and Work Session held.
• 2019-05-23T16:43:00+00:00 Assigned to Subcommittee On Education. referral-committee
• 2019-06-12T21:27:00+00:00 Assigned to Subcommittee On Natural Resources. referral-committee
• 2019-06-17T20:03:00+00:00 Returned to Full Committee.
• 2019-06-17T20:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2019-06-18T23:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2019-06-20T19:40:52+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-06-24T18:35:43+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2019-06-25T00:16:00+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to June 25, 2019 Calendar.
• 2019-06-25T18:38:04+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Evans. 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
• 2019-06-29T22:09:32+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-06-30T02:02:34+00:00 Rules suspended. Second reading. reading-2
• 2019-06-30T03:44:44+00:00 Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2019-07-02T17:49:50+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2019-07-03T22:16:12+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2019-06-30T03:45:44+00:00 Vote explanation filed by Taylor.
• 2019-07-23T18:09:47+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2019-08-01T16:20:18+00:00 Chapter 590, (2019 Laws): Effective date July 23, 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7234618e-7607-48c2-af9a-e17e825ad7b0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).