republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2021-regular-session/hb-2323.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to communicating false information about an election."
description: "Prohibits knowingly communicating materially false statement<b>, including by electronic or telephonic means,</b> with intent to mislead electors about date of election, deadline for delivering ballot, voter registration deadline, method of registering to vote, locations at which elector may deposit ballot, qualifications of electors or voter registration status within 30 days of primary election or special election or within 60 days of general election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2323"
citation: "Oregon HB 2323 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Fahey"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
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/51357b48-b59b-444b-bba2-b827a0b8cd23"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2323"
source_hash: "28a3296af998030f7b76f006c69e6dd30c896d6e40870fc083af9dcefd3556d9"
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 2323 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to communicating false information about an election.

Prohibits knowingly communicating materially false statement<b>, including by electronic or telephonic means,</b> with intent to mislead electors about date of election, deadline for delivering ballot, voter registration deadline, method of registering to vote, locations at which elector may deposit ballot, qualifications of electors or voter registration status within 30 days of primary election or special election or within 60 days of general election.

## 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/HB2323/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2323/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2323/A-Engrossed)
4. **HRULES Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/18886)
5. **HRULES Amendment -6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/20532)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2323/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Burdick. Passed. — **26–3** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Fahey, Zika. Passed. — **54–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Julie Fahey — primary (person)
- Andrea Valderrama — cosponsor (person)
- Anna Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Chuck Riley — cosponsor (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Zika — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
- Lily Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Holvey — cosponsor (person)
- Rep Leif — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Kotek — cosponsor (person)
- Wlnsvey Campos — cosponsor (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 Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-23T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-03-25T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session cancelled.
- **2021-04-13T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-29T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-04T18:12:31+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-06T18:15:58+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-10T18:34:32+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Fahey, Zika. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-11T17:39:23+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-17T18:44:25+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-27T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-02T15:17:57+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-02T17:43:31+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-03T18:54:07+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Burdick. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-03T18:55:07+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-06-08T16:03:05+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-08T20:24:56+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-16T00:08:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 291, (2021 Laws): Effective date January 01, 2022.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51357b48-b59b-444b-bba2-b827a0b8cd23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).