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legislation/us/states/or/2017-regular-session/sb-271.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to health insurance for small employers."
+description: "Modifies definition of small employer for purposes of group health benefit plans."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
+legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
+session: "2017 Regular Session"
+identifier: "SB 271"
+citation: "Oregon SB 271 (2017 Regular Session)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
+last_action: "2017-06-08T17:50:46+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2464a1ed-54a1-4845-b5b6-30ec727d2923"
+source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB271"
+source_hash: "895e79653ef31ca62a8b070544b3c97c42d96f993b49524ba2519d7964bcbf60"
+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 271 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to health insurance for small employers.
+
+Modifies definition of small employer for purposes of group health benefit plans.
+
+## 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/SB271/Introduced)
+2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB271/Enrolled)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Third reading. Carried by Kruse. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time under Consent Calendar. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## 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 Health Care. `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-07T21:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
+- **2017-02-14T16:51:12+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-02-14T19:29:33+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-16T19:14:05+00:00** Carried over to 02-21 by unanimous consent.
+- **2017-02-21T18:18:20+00:00** Carried over to 02-23 by unanimous consent.
+- **2017-02-23T19:36:16+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Kruse. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-27T16:34:19+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-02T16:45:00+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
+- **2017-04-26T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
+- **2017-05-08T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2017-05-10T20:32:33+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass and be placed on Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-05-11T15:55:40+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2017-05-15T18:23:08+00:00** Read third time under Consent Calendar. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-05-17T17:29:53+00:00** President signed. `passage`
+- **2017-05-19T00:22:07+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2017-05-24T17:09:41+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-06-08T17:49:30+00:00** Chapter 142, 2017 Laws.
+- **2017-06-08T17:50:46+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/2464a1ed-54a1-4845-b5b6-30ec727d2923`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).
+