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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to hydraulic fracturing; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Prohibits use of hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas exploration and production."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2623"
citation: "Oregon HB 2623 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Manning Jr.", "Julie Fahey", "Ken Helm"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-21T19:27:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03355065-b340-4686-8422-ec202d8ab18a"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2623"
source_hash: "2af144abf937f7277dcc29ba0d295621a575e7e4b0538493145b97c58c855d6f"
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 2623 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to hydraulic fracturing; and declaring an emergency.
Prohibits use of hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas exploration and production.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2623/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2623/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2623/A-Engrossed)
4. **SENR Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16069)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2623/Enrolled)
## Votes
- Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. — **1711** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Fahey. Passed. — **4212** (pass) · lower
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **4019** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **62** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **31** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
- Julie Fahey — primary (person)
- Ken Helm — primary (person)
- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Smith Warner — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Golden — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Williamson — cosponsor (person)
- John Lively — cosponsor (person)
- Karin Power — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Prusak — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Sheri Schouten — 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`
- **2019-02-07T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-03-07T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-03-12T20:52:06+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13T18:19:55+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-14T18:23:34+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 18, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-03-18T18:26:29+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Fahey. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-19T16:11:12+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21T16:14:44+00:00** Referred to Environment and Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-21T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-24T18:38:41+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-28T18:19:22+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-29T18:49:31+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-05T22:21:38+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2019-06-07T21:28:31+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-10T16:30:05+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-17T20:11:08+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-21T19:27:42+00:00** Chapter 406, (2019 Laws): Effective date June 17, 2019.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03355065-b340-4686-8422-ec202d8ab18a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).