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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to undersea cables; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Requires owners or operators of undersea cables to obtain financial assurances for installation and removal of cable and create plan for removal of cable."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2603"
citation: "Oregon HB 2603 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Gomberg"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed8b600b-9e5f-44d2-91b3-88dcf55c5108"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2603"
source_hash: "a37559c7ec8488d47bbaa8e184670374bec82144a23d93bc271bee830200db27"
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 2603 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to undersea cables; and prescribing an effective date.
Requires owners or operators of undersea cables to obtain financial assurances for installation and removal of cable and create plan for removal of cable.
## 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.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2603/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2603/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2603/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2603/B-Engrossed)
5. **HEE Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/19349)
6. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2603/House%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
7. **JWM Amendment -A11** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/21516)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2603/Enrolled)
## Votes
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **440** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. — **541** (pass) · lower
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. — **280** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **70** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- David Gomberg — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20T04:40:25+00:00** Referred to Energy and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-31T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-08T19:15:57+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08T19:15:58+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08T19:30:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-14T15:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2021-06-14T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-21T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-23T16:21:35+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-24T17:33:17+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-25T04:25:32+00:00** Rules suspended. Rules suspended. Carried over to June 25, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-06-25T17:37:55+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-25T18:56:00+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-25T19:11:55+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-26T15:41:46+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-26T17:41:37+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-26T19:13:40+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-29T20:32:46+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-30T21:39:37+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-07-19T18:31:45+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 534, (2021 Laws): Effective date September 25, 2021.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed8b600b-9e5f-44d2-91b3-88dcf55c5108`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).