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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to brownfields; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Requires Department of Environmental Quality to carry out study and propose recommendations for single, coordinated process for parties to meet certain federal and state requirements for, and to obtain certain releases from liability for, cleanup of hazardous waste. Requires department to report results of study to interim committees of Legislative Assembly on or before September 15, 2018."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2968"
citation: "Oregon HB 2968 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Knute Buehler"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-22T17:39:17+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/852041ad-82a4-441a-a874-2d1bd1025033"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2968"
source_hash: "1d68bb2b9130afdccd2973e7a0f984e34ccd4fdca4a8a8a851aa092c9cbd509d"
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 2968 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to brownfields; and declaring an emergency.
Requires Department of Environmental Quality to carry out study and propose recommendations for single, coordinated process for parties to meet certain federal and state requirements for, and to obtain certain releases from liability for, cleanup of hazardous waste. Requires department to report results of study to interim committees of Legislative Assembly on or before September 15, 2018.
## 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/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2968/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2968/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2968/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2968/Enrolled)
## Votes
- Third reading. Carried by Buehler. Passed. — **533** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **291** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **90** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **40** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Knute Buehler — primary (person)
- Brian Clem — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-22T17:39:17+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-28T19:45:33+00:00** Referred to Economic Development and Trade. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-10T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-17T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-19T19:56:17+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-20T16:30:50+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-24T23:50:04+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Buehler. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-25T16:35:35+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27T21:32:40+00:00** Referred to Environment and Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-11T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-15T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-17T16:13:47+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-17T18:19:17+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-18T18:33:00+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-22T15:49:31+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-22T22:45:48+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-25T16:37:15+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00** Chapter 168, (2017 Laws): Effective date May 25, 2017.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/852041ad-82a4-441a-a874-2d1bd1025033`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).