republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2025r1/hb-2306.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to courts."
description: "</b> </i>] Allows [<i>the Marion County</i>] <b>a county court or</b> board of county commissioners <b>in any county</b> to establish a justice of the peace district that includes the county seat. Increases the personal payment that may be charged for marriage solemnization and directs the State Court Administrator to adjust the payment amount to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "HB 2306"
citation: "Oregon HB 2306 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deb Patterson", "Ed Diehl", "Kevin Mannix", "Kim Thatcher", "Paul Evans", "Sara Gelser Blouin", "Tom Andersen"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00"
last_action: "2025-07-25T17:45:38+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d82530e-41f1-45db-bc37-c7f93381f153"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2306"
source_hash: "db0a0461010286506a83618f4e868c0b617e31d0efc1be0416b52d1f6a3307c1"
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 2306 (2025R1) — Relating to courts.

</b> </i>] Allows [<i>the Marion County</i>] <b>a county court or</b> board of county commissioners <b>in any county</b> to establish a justice of the peace district that includes the county seat. Increases the personal payment that may be charged for marriage solemnization and directs the State Court Administrator to adjust the payment amount to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index.

## 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/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2306/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2306/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2306/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2306/B-Engrossed)
5. **HJUD Amendment -6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/28138)
6. **SJUD Amendment -A7** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/29187)
7. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2306/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2306/Enrolled)

## Votes

- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **39–1** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Andersen. Passed. — **54–2** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed. — **22–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Deb Patterson — primary (person)
- Ed Diehl — primary (person)
- Kevin Mannix — primary (person)
- Kim Thatcher — primary (person)
- Paul Evans — primary (person)
- Sara Gelser Blouin — primary (person)
- Tom Andersen — primary (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Lewis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-17T20:47:46+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-04-07T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-04-10T22:30:51+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14T18:07:11+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15T19:23:01+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Andersen. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-16T18:55:02+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-21T16:26:28+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-05-19T22:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-20T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-06-02T16:42:32+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-03T18:57:16+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-04T19:31:28+00:00** Carried over to 06-05 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-05T19:02:25+00:00** Carried over to 06-09 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-09T19:36:00+00:00** Carried over to 06-10 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-10T19:18:32+00:00** Carried over to 06-11 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-11T23:23:40+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-13T20:04:25+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2025-06-17T18:57:33+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-17T19:25:05+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-24T20:52:56+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-25T17:45:38+00:00** Chapter 374, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d82530e-41f1-45db-bc37-c7f93381f153`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).