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Committees · 2025 Regular Session

Economic Development, Small Business, and Trade

A House of Representatives committee, in every session since the 2023 session.

Called Economic Development and Small Business in the 2023 session to 2024 session.

Other sessions: 2026 · 2024 · 2023

Members

As the committee stood at the end of the term. Each name leads to the member's page.

Bills

Bills sent to the committee in the 2025 Regular Session.

  • Bills sent105

    5% of the bills the House of Representatives sent to committees

  • Reported out41%

    43 of 105; 62 stopped in committee

  • Time in committee66 days

    most between 47 and 80 days

  • Amendments offered0

    committee amendments

In every session

Each session over its whole term. The 2026 is so far.

  • 20267 bills

    reported 86% · too few to say · 0 amendments · 12 members

  • 2025105 bills

    reported 41% · typically 66 days, most 47–80 · 0 amendments · 9 members

  • 20247 bills

    reported 86% · too few to say · 0 amendments · 11 members

  • 202375 bills

    reported 47% · typically 48 days, most 38–70 · 0 amendments · 11 members

Bills it was sent

Each time a bill was sent to the committee in the 2025 Regular Session, newest first.

105 bills

  • House Bill 2004 · Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to study economic development.

    Sent June 23, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 4 days

  • House Bill 3976 · Adds an exemption from public record disclosures for data and electronic records collected by the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission regarding the sale of items other than distilled liquor.

    Sent May 28, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 30 days

  • Senate Bill 907 · Requires an applicant for a license to manufacture psilocybin to submit to the Oregon Health Authority information regarding the ownership and location of the premises to be licensed or for which a license will be renewed.

    Sent April 24, 2025 · Reported out after 20 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

  • Senate Bill 558 · Allows a marijuana licensee to provide samples of marijuana items to other marijuana licensees at temporary events registered with the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission.

    Sent April 23, 2025 · Reported out after 21 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

  • Senate Bill 1005 · Provides that when offering a service with age restrictions, a private entity is allowed to swipe a driver license or identification card to verify a person's age, regardless of how old the person looks.

    Sent April 15, 2025 · Reported out after 42 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

  • Senate Bill 871 · Requires Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission retail licensees to maintain invoices of alcoholic beverage deliveries.

    Sent March 14, 2025 · Reported out after 54 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

  • Senate Bill 557 · Requires at least one of the commissioners of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission to hold a marijuana processor, marijuana producer, marijuana retailer or marijuana wholesaler license.

    Sent March 13, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 106 days

  • Senate Bill 870 · Exempts from public records disclosure the residential address and personal phone number of an individual who holds a specified permit issued by the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission.

    Sent March 13, 2025 · Reported out after 55 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

  • House Bill 3790 · Directs the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission to issue a cannabis health care technician certification to a qualified individual.

    Sent March 4, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 115 days

  • House Bill 3821 · Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to study the security upgrade needs of small businesses in Oregon.

    Sent March 4, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 115 days

  • House Bill 3832 · Directs the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to provide a grant to a nonprofit organization to establish a collaborative center in Harney County.

    Sent March 4, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 115 days

  • House Bill 3837 · Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Business Development Department to award grants to cities and Oregon Indian tribes with high poverty rates for the purpose of developing local poverty reduction plans.

    Sent March 4, 2025 · Reported out after 37 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

  • House Bill 3840 · Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to study economic development in Oregon.

    Sent March 4, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 115 days

  • House Bill 3857 · Directs the Oregon Business Development Department to study sports economic development in Oregon with a focus on making the City of Portland and Oregon the sports hub of the Pacific Northwest.

    Sent March 4, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 115 days

  • House Bill 3866 · Directs the Oregon Business Development Department to study the impacts of wildfire and smoke on the recreation and fitness industries, including the cost of property insurance, and on the ability of Oregonians to engage in recreation and fitness activities.

    Sent March 4, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 115 days

  • House Bill 3724 · Prohibits advertising, packaging and labeling of marijuana items in a manner likely to cause minors to unlawfully possess or consume marijuana items.

    Sent February 27, 2025 · Reported out after 35 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

  • House Bill 3730 · Allows a licensee, permittee or certificate holder authorized to import, export, sell, distribute, ship or deliver wine to import, export, sell, distribute, ship and deliver low-proof spirit beverages.

    Sent February 27, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 120 days

  • House Bill 3588 · Permits the Secretary of State to accept a commercial mail receiving agency as a business entity's principal office, records office address or principal address if the physical street address of the business entity's principal office, records office address or principal address is the same as the physical street address of the commercial mail receiving agency.

    Sent February 20, 2025 · Reported out after 53 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

  • House Bill 3614 · Directs the Oregon Business Development Department to develop and implement a program to reimburse companies that relocate headquarters to Oregon for tariffs paid on goods imported through the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay.

    Sent February 20, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 127 days

  • House Bill 3541 · Requires drive-through restaurants to provide a garbage can within 15 feet of a service window for customers to dispose of garbage from a motor vehicle after purchasing food or drink from the drive-through restaurant.

    Sent February 12, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 135 days

85 more
  • House Bill 3377 · Authorizes lottery bonds for construction of the James Beard Public Market in Portland.

    Sent January 30, 2025 · Reported out after 33 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

  • House Bill 3246 · Directs the Oregon Business Development Department to develop a roadmap for the purpose of promoting voluntary industrial symbiosis activities in Oregon.

    Sent January 24, 2025 · Reported out after 67 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

  • House Bill 3258 · Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to conduct a study of economic development in Oregon.

    Sent January 24, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 154 days

  • House Bill 3290 · Requires the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission to study alcohol delivery.

    Sent January 24, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 154 days

  • House Bill 3315 · Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to update and redesign its public website.

    Sent January 24, 2025 · Reported out after 69 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

  • House Bill 3325 · Provides that taxing districts within counties with high averaged annual ratios of tourists to residents may expend a certain percentage of net transient lodging taxes for essential services that benefit both residents and tourists.

    Sent January 24, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 154 days

  • House Bill 3329 · Increases the amount of total tax credits allowed for certified film production development contributions made to the Oregon Production Investment Fund.

    Sent January 24, 2025 · Reported out after 46 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

  • House Bill 2018 · Amends the allowable uses of moneys appropriated to the Oregon Business Development Department for distribution to the City of Madras.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2111 · Establishes the Task Force on Tax Competitiveness.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2120 · Clarifies that a liquor store's amount of annual sales of alcoholic beverages used to determine liquor store class is not adjusted.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 76 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

  • House Bill 2121 · Includes a liquor store agent appointed by the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission in the definition of "licensee" for purposes of alcoholic beverages laws.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2123 · Specifies the type of change in the system for selling containers of distilled liquor that qualifies a person appointed to operate a liquor store for business loss compensation.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2145 · Removes the requirement that the amount of net proceeds from the Oregon State Lottery allocated to the County Fair Account not exceed $1.53 million annually and adjusts the percentage of net lottery proceeds allocated to the County Fair Account.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 80 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

  • House Bill 2171 · Providesthat the tax collector for a camping site on a county fairgrounds that has not more than 50 camping sites with both direct electrical hookups and individual sewer hookups and that caters to tourists may withhold the state transient lodging tax collected for the camping site provided the tax moneys are used for the operation or promotion of the camping site.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 80 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

  • House Bill 2272 · Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to study sports in Oregon.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2273 · Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to study telecommunications.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2274 · Directs the Oregon Business Development Department to discontinue doing business under the name "Business Oregon."

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 88 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

  • House Bill 2275 · Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to study its role in economic development in Oregon.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2276 · Requires the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission to study the commission.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 87 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

  • House Bill 2277 · Authorizes state CHIPS Fund grants and loans to be made to businesses that are eligible for federal semiconductor financial assistance under the CHIPS Act but have not applied for it.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 83 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

  • House Bill 2278 · Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to study trade.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2279 · Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to study utilities.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2280 · Directs the State Forestry Department to study forest products.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2281 · Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to study advanced manufacturing in Oregon.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2282 · Requires certain individuals to hold a retail liquor sales permit from the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission in order to sell alcohol to consumers.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 87 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate

  • House Bill 2283 · Requires the Oregon Arts Commission to study the arts and submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the arts not later than September 15, 2026.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2284 · Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to study broadband.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2285 · Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to study business services in Oregon.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2286 · Requires the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission to study cannabis.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2287 · Requires the Department of Early Learning and Care to study child care.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2288 · Requires the Department of Environmental Quality to study clean technology.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2289 · Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to study the Commercialization Gap Fund program administered by the Oregon Innovation Council.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2290 · Directs the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to study county fairs.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2291 · Appropriates moneys to establish a revolving grant program for organizers of festivals and other public events at Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 88 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

  • House Bill 2304 · Removes the requirement that the amount of net proceeds from the Oregon State Lottery allocated to the County Fair Account not exceed $1.53 million annually and adjusts the percentage of net lottery proceeds allocated to the County Fair Account.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 80 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

  • House Bill 2322 · Authorizes state CHIPS Fund grants and loans to businesses that are eligible for federal semiconductor financial assistance under the CHIPS Act but have not applied for it.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 83 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate

  • House Bill 2323 · Directs the State Department of Agriculture to study food and beverage production.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2324 · Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to study high technology in Oregon.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2325 · Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to study housing and to report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to housing by September 15, 2026.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2326 · Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to study industrial site readiness in Oregon.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2327 · Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to study industrial site readiness in Oregon.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2328 · Requires the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study loans.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2329 · Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to study manufacturing in Oregon.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2348 · Adjusts certain economic development program statutes related to the administration of the programs.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 21 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

  • House Bill 2349 · Authorizes the Oregon Business Development Department to provide financial assistance to projects related to industrial land.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2350 · Directs the Oregon Business Development Department to develop and administer a program for awarding financial assistance for enhanced and new commercial activities that support the retention or expansion of eligible small businesses in Oregon.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 32 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

  • House Bill 2351 · Makes changes to certain statutes related to the release and reporting of businesses' economic development information.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 62 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

  • House Bill 2376 · Establishes the Wallowa Rural and Recreational Economic Development Board to develop and implement strategies for investment in workforce development, workforce housing and economic development in the Wallowa Rural and Recreational Economic Development Region, including a grant and loan program.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2411 · Authorizes the Oregon Business Development Department to provide financial assistance to projects related to industrial land.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 62 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

  • House Bill 2412 · Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to study media production in Oregon.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2413 · Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to study the outdoor gear and apparel industry in Oregon.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2414 · Requires the Department of Land Conservation and Development to study permitting and submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to economic development no later than September 15, 2026.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2415 · Replaces the dollar cap on grants awarded to ports from the Port Planning and Marketing Fund with a maximum amount adopted by the Oregon Business Development Department by rule.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 83 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

  • House Bill 2416 · Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to study semiconductors.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2417 · Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Business Development Department to fund Center for Innovative Excellence grants to signature research centers.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 83 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

  • House Bill 2418 · Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Business Development Department for grants awarded in conjunction with the federal Small Business Innovation Research program.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 83 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

  • House Bill 2419 · Requires the Secretary of State to study small business.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2420 · Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to study sports funding in Oregon.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2523 · Increases the amount of reimbursement from the Oregon Production Investment Fund that is available to a local filmmaker or media production services company.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2527 · Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to the Union County Fair Association for the purpose of water and sewer improvements to the Union County Fairgrounds.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 80 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

  • House Bill 2689 · Directs the State Department of Agriculture to establish a program to promote the purchase of Oregon-made food and beverage products by persons in other states.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 47 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

  • House Bill 2714 · Directs the State Treasurer to develop and implement a small business support loan program that aids in supporting the economic activities of small businesses during times in which small businesses cannot conduct business activities at an ordinary or customary level because of a statewide or regional emergency or other significant disruption of business activity.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2756 · Directs the Oregon Business Development Department to establish the Oregon-Taiwan Trade Center and the Oregon-Vietnam Trade Center.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 66 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

  • House Bill 2758 · Directs the Oregon Tourism Commission to identify, designate and monitor tourism districts in this state.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2769 · Directs the Oregon Business Development Department to develop a registry of small businesses interested in receiving communications relating to emergency management.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2823 · Permits the Oregon Business Development Department to hire an attorney for the purpose of prosecuting a patent for any invention that faculty, staff or students reduce to practice while employed by or enrolled in a public high school in this state.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2847 · Creates a subtraction from taxable income for start-up expenditures.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2862 · Establishes the Local Markets Small Business Capital Loan Program to be administered by the Oregon Business Development Department for the purpose of making interest-only loans to allow businesses with not more than 50 employees to hire new employees.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2886 · Directs the Oregon Business Development Department to study the cost savings and expense reductions that may result from cooperative resource sharing by small businesses.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2890 · Authorizes the Oregon Innovation Council to make grants to small businesses for seed and start-up capital and gap funding to create and support invention, innovation and economic development in rural areas of this state.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 2969 · Appropriates moneys for distribution to the Oregon Coast Visitors Association to be used to replicate the success of the 100% Fish Project of the Iceland Ocean Cluster in utilizing fish for nonfood product manufacturing.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 74 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

  • House Bill 3047 · Requires the Oregon Business Development Department to study the clean technology sector in Oregon.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 3048 · Abolishes the Oregon Arts Commission and the Trust for Cultural Development Board on July 1, 2027.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 66 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

  • House Bill 3049 · Modifies provisions governing a corporate excise tax exemption allowed for business firms operating in certain economically lagging areas.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 62 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

  • House Bill 3099 · Allocates lottery moneys for distribution to the economic development districts in Oregon to be used to receive federal matching grants awarded by the United States Economic Development Administration.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 73 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

  • House Bill 3100 · Allocates lottery funds to the Oregon Business Development Department to develop a unified trade strategy for Oregon in collaboration with the Port of Portland, the Oregon Tourism Commission, the State Department of Agriculture and other stakeholders.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 66 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

  • House Bill 3101 · Allocates eight-tenths of one percent of net proceeds from the Oregon State Lottery to the County Fair Account and two-tenths of one percent of net proceeds from the lottery to the Horse Racing Account.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 76 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

  • House Bill 3104 · Directs the Oregon Business Development Department to enter into an agreement with a nonprofit organization or local government association to serve as a statewide rural community resource center.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 76 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

  • House Bill 3113 · Creates a state and federal grants coordinator position in the Regional Solutions Program.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 3140 · Provides that an operator may require a person who engages in a sport, fitness or recreational activity in various ways to release the operator from claims for ordinary negligence.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 40 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

  • House Bill 3147 · Declares a state goal to capitalize on and make the best use of federal moneys available for broadband service infrastructure.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days

  • House Bill 3148 · Makes permanent the plan of assistance for low-income customers for telecommunication services.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 74 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law

  • House Bill 3189 · Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Business Development Department for the purposes of the Oregon Arts Commission.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 54 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

  • House Bill 3191 · Appropriates moneys to support arts and cultural organizations in Oregon.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 54 days · did not pass the House of Representatives

  • House Bill 3210 · Directs the Oregon Business Development Department to distribute moneys available through the federal State Small Business Credit Initiative to Lit Motors, Inc., to fund the manufacture of electric vehicles in Oregon, with attendant economic benefits.

    Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days