republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2019-regular-session/hb-3310.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to voting rights for electors in protected classes; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Prohibits school district, <b>community college district and certain</b> education service district <i>and community college district</i>] elections from being conducted in manner that impairs ability of members of protected class to have equal opportunity to elect candidates of their choice as result of dilution or abridgment of rights of electors who are members of protected class."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 3310"
citation: "Oregon HB 3310 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan Rayfield", "Diego Hernandez", "James Manning Jr.", "Rob Wagner", "Tim Knopp"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-04T17:45:33+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-02T21:08:52+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f9d418b-7ec7-47ca-bfa0-139337e97349"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB3310"
source_hash: "4703af3b902573e5a22b00744b936f93ee8a842699e00d75fee81b63c90a1358"
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 3310 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to voting rights for electors in protected classes; and prescribing an effective date.

Prohibits school district, <b>community college district and certain</b> education service district <i>and community college district</i>] elections from being conducted in manner that impairs ability of members of protected class to have equal opportunity to elect candidates of their choice as result of dilution or abridgment of rights of electors who are members of protected class.

## 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/HB3310/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3310/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3310/A-Engrossed)
4. **HRULES Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16139)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3310/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–3** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Knopp. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Hernandez. Passed. — **46–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dan Rayfield — primary (person)
- Diego Hernandez — primary (person)
- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
- Rob Wagner — primary (person)
- Tim Knopp — primary (person)
- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
- Anna Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Arnie Roblan — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Smith Warner — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Clem — cosponsor (person)
- Cheri Helt — cosponsor (person)
- Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Zika — cosponsor (person)
- Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Williamson — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
- Mike McLane — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Shemia Fagan — cosponsor (person)
- Tawna Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-04T17:45:33+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11T20:46:59+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-13T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-16T17:49:29+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-17T17:41:09+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-20T19:31:13+00:00** Carried over to May 21, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-21T19:00:00+00:00** Third Reading commenced. Carried over to May 22, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-22T17:29:47+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hernandez. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-23T16:11:17+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-23T21:08:03+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-03T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-06-11T15:16:36+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-11T18:27:41+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-12T18:45:51+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Knopp. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-13T21:45:39+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-14T17:21:17+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-20T22:17:13+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-02T21:08:52+00:00** Chapter 449, (2019 Laws): Effective date September 29, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f9d418b-7ec7-47ca-bfa0-139337e97349`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).