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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to affirmative defenses for trafficking victims."
+description: "Creates affirmative defense to crime of prostitution if, at time of alleged offense, defendant was victim of certain trafficking crimes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
+legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
+session: "2017 Regular Session"
+identifier: "SB 250"
+citation: "Oregon SB 250 (2017 Regular Session)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["John Huffman", "Kathleen Taylor", "Sara Gelser", "Tim Knopp"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
+last_action: "2017-06-16T17:01:55+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60ef59c8-7383-456f-ba38-6bb75dc82e1e"
+source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB250"
+source_hash: "c5d8a51c764896b9130d98e7ae1dafd53741c6c1ecf44dd1fe4224e5f6edbf6f"
+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 SB 250 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to affirmative defenses for trafficking victims.
+
+Creates affirmative defense to crime of prostitution if, at time of alleged offense, defendant was victim of certain trafficking crimes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB250/Introduced)
+2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB250/Enrolled)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Heard and Reported Out — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Third reading. Carried by Stark. Passed. — **54–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- John Huffman — primary (person)
+- Kathleen Taylor — primary (person)
+- Sara Gelser — primary (person)
+- Tim Knopp — primary (person)
+- A. Richard Vial — cosponsor (person)
+- Bill Kennemer — cosponsor (person)
+- Duane Stark — cosponsor (person)
+- Elizabeth Steiner Hayward — cosponsor (person)
+- Gene Whisnant — cosponsor (person)
+- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Jennifer Williamson — cosponsor (person)
+- Kim Thatcher — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
+- Ron Noble — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-17T16:06:43+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-15T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
+- **2017-03-29T15:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2017-04-04T15:29:48+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-04T17:41:20+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2017-04-05T18:13:57+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-04-06T16:32:34+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2017-04-06T23:23:40+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
+- **2017-04-26T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session cancelled.
+- **2017-05-03T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
+- **2017-05-08T23:34:07+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-05-09T16:49:56+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2017-05-10T18:40:48+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 11, 2017 Calendar.
+- **2017-05-11T18:49:48+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 15, 2017 Calendar.
+- **2017-05-15T19:01:17+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 16, 2017 Calendar.
+- **2017-05-16T18:59:34+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 17, 2017 Calendar.
+- **2017-05-17T19:03:22+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 18, 2017 Calendar.
+- **2017-05-18T19:01:17+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 22, 2017 Calendar.
+- **2017-05-22T19:50:17+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 23, 2017 Calendar.
+- **2017-05-23T18:38:49+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 24, 2017 Calendar.
+- **2017-05-24T21:56:50+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 25, 2017 Calendar.
+- **2017-05-25T21:46:46+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Stark. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-05-30T21:54:06+00:00** President signed. `passage`
+- **2017-05-31T21:05:44+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2017-06-06T19:26:14+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-06-16T16:55:33+00:00** Chapter 246, 2017 Laws.
+- **2017-06-16T17:01:55+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2018.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60ef59c8-7383-456f-ba38-6bb75dc82e1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).
+