---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to incarceration facilities for persons under 18 years of age."
description: "Provides that person under 18 years of age may not be incarcerated in Department of Corrections institution."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2251"
citation: "Oregon HB 2251 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8996889d-9f47-45ba-8d0c-fc4919fb3c92"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2251"
source_hash: "533efc55483e56b482474e37819082a9956077b7893a93f07a752c85a0ae092a"
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 2251 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to incarceration facilities for persons under 18 years of age.

Provides that person under 18 years of age may not be incarcerated in Department of Corrections institution.

## 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/HB2251/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2251/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Barker. Passed. — **54–1** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. — **23–7** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **11–0** (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. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-20T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-13T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-04-17T22:42:07+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-18T15:46:41+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-19T19:12:53+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 20, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-20T22:16:42+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Barker. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-24T16:18:27+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27T21:32:40+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09T15:17:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-11T15:35:21+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-11T18:26:54+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-15T18:18:14+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-17T16:49:37+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-17T17:29:53+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-24T16:38:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00** Chapter 134, (2017 Laws): 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/8996889d-9f47-45ba-8d0c-fc4919fb3c92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).