republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2023r1/hb-2915.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to sales of certain animals by retail pet stores; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Prohibits retail pet store from offering to sell or selling dogs or cats. Specifies exceptions.<b> Removes exceptions on September 1, 2028.</b> Provides that violation is subject to civil penalty not to exceed $500."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "HB 2915"
citation: "Oregon HB 2915 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Bowman", "Courtney Neron", "David Gomberg", "Julie Fahey"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-09T16:13:56+00:00"
last_action: "2023-08-04T19:09:04+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6990379-2986-42ca-aac0-7e26f0e50521"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/HB2915"
source_hash: "d8420f08b3af7b007939ba3616fda8278a35f7cbd93dbb2a01d355a6f7451363"
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 2915 (2023R1) — Relating to sales of certain animals by retail pet stores; and prescribing an effective date.

Prohibits retail pet store from offering to sell or selling dogs or cats. Specifies exceptions.<b> Removes exceptions on September 1, 2028.</b> Provides that violation is subject to civil penalty not to exceed $500.

## 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/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2915/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2915/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2915/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2915/B-Engrossed)
5. **HBL Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/22921)
6. **SJUD Amendment -A3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/24919)
7. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2915/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2915/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **8–2** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **21–3** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. — **41–16** (pass) · lower
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **41–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ben Bowman — primary (person)
- Courtney Neron — primary (person)
- David Gomberg — primary (person)
- Julie Fahey — primary (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Jules Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Sosa — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Zach Hudson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09T16:13:56+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16T17:42:49+00:00** Referred to Business and Labor. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-03-08T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-03-10T23:36:59+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13T18:19:29+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-14T19:01:28+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T18:38:16+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20T20:28:25+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-05-15T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-05-22T18:53:48+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-15T21:55:03+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-16T19:18:31+00:00** Carried over to 06-20 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-06-21T00:07:02+00:00** Carried over to 06-21 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-06-22T02:10:32+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-23T18:30:44+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2023-06-25T23:01:27+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-27T18:54:47+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-22T02:11:32+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Hansell.
- **2023-07-27T22:17:02+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-08-04T19:09:04+00:00** Chapter 420, (2023 Laws): Effective date September 24, 2023.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6990379-2986-42ca-aac0-7e26f0e50521`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).