republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2023r1/hb-3201.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to broadband; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Requires Oregon Business Development Department to provide financial assistance to support broadband access, affordability and adoption. Permits department to establish one or more programs to provide financial assistance. <i>Requires that department, when evaluating proposed projects under program to support broadband service infrastructure, give preference to proposed projects that serve unserved areas or underserved areas.</i>] Requires department to establish by rule, for each program established, certain criteria, requirements and processes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "HB 3201"
citation: "Oregon HB 3201 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Woods", "Courtney Neron", "Mark Owens", "Pam Marsh", "Wlnsvey Campos"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-07T17:59:17+00:00"
last_action: "2023-07-26T17:51:21+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41552238-c1f5-4ac8-b19a-0f1080f303ed"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/HB3201"
source_hash: "f2511dfdd0ed3123a7c33eb7c1db36e7046f8c75b06a8e42977803c38dc00322"
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 3201 (2023R1) — Relating to broadband; and declaring an emergency.

Requires Oregon Business Development Department to provide financial assistance to support broadband access, affordability and adoption. Permits department to establish one or more programs to provide financial assistance. <i>Requires that department, when evaluating proposed projects under program to support broadband service infrastructure, give preference to proposed projects that serve unserved areas or underserved areas.</i>] Requires department to establish by rule, for each program established, certain criteria, requirements and processes.

## 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/HB3201/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3201/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3201/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3201/B-Engrossed)
5. **HECDSB Amendment -4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/23063)
6. **SVEMFW Amendment -A12** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/24938)
7. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3201/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3201/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Marsh. Passed. — **43–15** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Woods. Passed. — **23–1** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **6–5** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **50–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aaron Woods — primary (person)
- Courtney Neron — primary (person)
- Mark Owens — primary (person)
- Pam Marsh — primary (person)
- Wlnsvey Campos — primary (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Smith — cosponsor (person)
- James Hieb — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Kropf — cosponsor (person)
- Khanh Pham — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Susan McLain — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Andersen — cosponsor (person)
- Zach Hudson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-07T17:59:17+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10T01:12:57+00:00** Referred to Economic Development and Small Business. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-03-09T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-03-16T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-03-23T21:09:39+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27T18:32:32+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-28T19:14:57+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 29, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-03-29T19:08:58+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 30, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-03-30T19:19:43+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Marsh. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T19:20:43+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Levy B, Reschke.
- **2023-04-03T17:34:01+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T19:56:32+00:00** Referred to Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-05-09T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-05-19T22:11:51+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.
- **2023-06-22T02:43:40+00:00** Carried over to 06-22 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-06-22T18:00:30+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Woods. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-23T18:51:42+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2023-06-23T18:52:42+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Scharf.
- **2023-06-25T23:01:27+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-27T18:54:47+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-07-18T20:55:25+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-26T17:51:21+00:00** Chapter 338, (2023 Laws): Effective date July 18, 2023.
- **2023-06-22T18:01:30+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Knopp.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41552238-c1f5-4ac8-b19a-0f1080f303ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).