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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to towing; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Establishes State Board of Towing within Department of Transportation. Authorizes board to order department to deny, suspend, revoke or refuse to renew towing business certificate or letter of appointment to participate on rotational list of towing businesses for certain violations. Authorizes board to impose civil penalties for certain violations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 300"
citation: "Oregon SB 300 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Riley", "Chuck Thomsen", "Greg Smith"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00"
last_action: "2021-08-20T17:10:35+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b2f1021-5e2a-4f26-8e12-0481048fcee1"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB300"
source_hash: "e8844e0045195fbd5e0656ed2b6313ab2350af972fa102582c6d00a703cb9ac7"
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 SB 300 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to towing; and declaring an emergency.
Establishes State Board of Towing within Department of Transportation. Authorizes board to order department to deny, suspend, revoke or refuse to renew towing business certificate or letter of appointment to participate on rotational list of towing businesses for certain violations. Authorizes board to impose civil penalties for certain violations.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB300/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB300/Enrolled)
## Votes
- Third reading. Carried by McLain. Passed. — **580** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Riley. Passed. — **263** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **110** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **442** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Chuck Riley — primary (person)
- Chuck Thomsen — primary (person)
- Greg Smith — primary (person)
- Paul Holvey — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19T19:35:42+00:00** Referred to Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-04T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-05T21:00:00+00:00** Recommendation: Do Pass and be referred to Ways and Means.
- **2021-05-05T21:00:01+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-05T14:16:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Transportation and Economic Development. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08T15:33:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2021-06-08T15:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-11T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-15T15:37:11+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-15T18:01:33+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-16T18:40:21+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Riley. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-16T18:41:21+00:00** Thatcher declared potential conflict of interest.
- **2021-06-16T19:14:00+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16T18:42:21+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-06-16T22:09:57+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-18T18:12:44+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-21T17:43:38+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-23T00:20:39+00:00** Third reading. Carried by McLain. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-25T23:24:04+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-26T00:02:47+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-07-19T22:29:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-20T17:05:08+00:00** Chapter 578, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-08-20T17:10:35+00:00** Effective date, July 19, 2021.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b2f1021-5e2a-4f26-8e12-0481048fcee1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).