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Bill Relating to the language of documents submitted to the Secretary of State for filing; and prescribing an effective date. Specifies requirements for Secretary of State to file document in accordance with laws governing business organizations. Provides that if Secretary of State prescribes mandatory form for filing, Secretary of State must make versions of form available in at least five most commonly spoken and written languages in this state used by persons with limited proficiency in English language. Requires Secretary of State to specify Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Russian and Korean as such languages and to update specification following completion of each decennial United States Census, beginning with 2030 decennial census. us/states/or Oregon Legislative Assembly 2019 Regular Session HB 2998 Oregon HB 2998 (2019 Regular Session)
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Oregon HB 2998 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to the language of documents submitted to the Secretary of State for filing; and prescribing an effective date.

Specifies requirements for Secretary of State to file document in accordance with laws governing business organizations. Provides that if Secretary of State prescribes mandatory form for filing, Secretary of State must make versions of form available in at least five most commonly spoken and written languages in this state used by persons with limited proficiency in English language. Requires Secretary of State to specify Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Russian and Korean as such languages and to update specification following completion of each decennial United States Census, beginning with 2030 decennial census.

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/HB2998/House Amendments to Introduced)
  2. Introduced (filed) — source
  3. A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  4. B-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  5. C-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  6. HBL Amendment -2 (committee substitute) — source
  7. House Amendments to A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2998/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
  8. JWM Amendment -A6 (committee substitute) — source
  9. JWM Amendment -B7 (committee substitute) — source
  10. Senate Amendments to B-Engrossed (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2998/Senate Amendments to B-Engrossed)
  11. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 172 (pass) · legislature
  • Rules suspended. House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — 4510 (pass) · lower
  • Heard and Reported Out — 74 (pass) · lower
  • Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 190 (pass) · legislature
  • Third reading. Carried by Alonso Leon. Passed. — 499 (pass) · lower
  • Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Wagner. Passed. — 262 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Teresa Alonso Leon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-02-19T17:08:30+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2019-02-25T16:52:35+00:00 Referred to Business and Labor. referral-committee
  • 2019-03-13T15:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
  • 2019-04-03T15:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
  • 2019-04-10T17:01:38+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-04-10T17:01:39+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker. referral-committee
  • 2019-06-03T18:34:00+00:00 Assigned to Subcommittee On General Government. referral-committee
  • 2019-06-06T22:03:00+00:00 Returned to Full Committee.
  • 2019-06-06T22:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
  • 2019-06-14T16:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
  • 2019-06-19T15:02:19+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-06-20T17:27:33+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
  • 2019-06-24T22:46:29+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Alonso Leon. 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
  • 2019-06-29T23:32:00+00:00 Work Session held.
  • 2019-06-30T01:56:53+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to resolve conflicts. (Printed C-Eng.) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-07-01T02:02:00+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
  • 2019-06-30T19:24:33+00:00 Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Wagner. Passed. passage, reading-3
  • 2019-06-30T22:10:18+00:00 Rules suspended. House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
  • 2019-07-02T22:16:59+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
  • 2019-06-30T19:25:33+00:00 Gelser, excused, granted unanimous consent to vote aye.
  • 2019-07-03T21:51:02+00:00 President signed. passage
  • 2019-07-23T18:09:47+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
  • 2019-08-01T16:20:18+00:00 Chapter 597, (2019 Laws): Effective date September 29, 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/26e60ef9-efd8-49af-a6fa-5501302df73e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).