republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2021-regular-session/hb-2311.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to security for claims of lien in connection with work performed on motor vehicles; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Specifies conditions for requiring, issuing and maintaining in effect surety bond or irrevocable letter of credit for person that creates, attaches, asserts or claims lien in connection with making, altering, repairing, transporting, storing, performing services, supplying materials or performing labor in connection with motor vehicle. Specifies persons that are exempt from requirement to maintain surety bond or irrevocable letter of credit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2311"
citation: "Oregon HB 2311 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul Evans"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b692aac7-6610-4664-838e-ecfe9f1da5bb"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2311"
source_hash: "a571876f4a61b7c9f8dc0227005a3f4ad0b9b1cdd19541ed11b9a9d2b1e96c07"
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 2311 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to security for claims of lien in connection with work performed on motor vehicles; and declaring an emergency.

Specifies conditions for requiring, issuing and maintaining in effect surety bond or irrevocable letter of credit for person that creates, attaches, asserts or claims lien in connection with making, altering, repairing, transporting, storing, performing services, supplying materials or performing labor in connection with motor vehicle. Specifies persons that are exempt from requirement to maintain surety bond or irrevocable letter of credit.

## 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/HB2311/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2311/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2311/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2311/B-Engrossed)
5. **HBL Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/18384)
6. **SLB Amendment -A2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/20739)
7. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2311/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2311/Enrolled)

## Votes

- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Riley. Passed. — **26–1** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Holvey. Passed. — **56–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Paul Evans — 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 Business and Labor. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03T23:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-03T23:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-03-05T20:59:04+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09T19:14:11+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-15T20:03:01+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Holvey. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-17T15:50:49+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24T16:00:51+00:00** Referred to Labor and Business. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-18T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-25T15:18:13+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-26T17:26:12+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-27T18:42:09+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Riley. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-27T18:43:09+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-06-02T18:46:45+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2021-06-04T17:31:15+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-07T19:53:26+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-11T23:30:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 218, (2021 Laws): Effective date June 11, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b692aac7-6610-4664-838e-ecfe9f1da5bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).