---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to crime; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Establishes Task Force on Public Safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2238"
citation: "Oregon HB 2238 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-10T22:35:10+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34060eaa-70b1-46df-82cd-f5af9be6a20d"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2238"
source_hash: "7e999f7ca34e856d71bd144c2a01a761d46c4b1a578a8efe0455c709baf08b3d"
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 2238 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to crime; and declaring an emergency.

Establishes Task Force on Public Safety.

## 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.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2238/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2238/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2238/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2238/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **6–4** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. — **56–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Winters. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18T01:55:48+00:00** Referred to Judiciary with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-14T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-26T17:18:57+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26T17:20:20+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-24T22:02:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-06T22:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2017-06-06T22:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-06-16T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-20T15:21:46+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-20T16:34:35+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-21T18:21:58+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-22T16:33:44+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-23T21:36:11+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-27T15:32:36+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-27T18:12:09+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-28T16:54:21+00:00** Carried over to 06-29 by unanimous consent.
- **2017-06-29T18:40:07+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Winters. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-01T15:12:29+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-03T20:50:51+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-08-02T18:41:09+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-10T22:35:10+00:00** Chapter 614, (2017 Laws): Effective date August 2, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34060eaa-70b1-46df-82cd-f5af9be6a20d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).