---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the supervision of Department of Corrections inmates performing certain work; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Provides that Department of Corrections inmate may perform electrical or plumbing work if supervised by licensed electrician or plumber who is employee of Oregon Corrections Enterprises."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2253"
citation: "Oregon HB 2253 (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: "2017-05-22T20:07:54+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edd54459-4448-4ac6-b23b-1858fc60c921"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2253"
source_hash: "ac22dc843ccdda2b9523d6f218a8a44fc2982c6248c78ccc7732ee6463cb8220"
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 2253 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to the supervision of Department of Corrections inmates performing certain work; and declaring an emergency.

Provides that Department of Corrections inmate may perform electrical or plumbing work if supervised by licensed electrician or plumber who is employee of Oregon Corrections Enterprises.

## 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/HB2253/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2253/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Williamson. Passed. — **56–0** (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`
- **2017-02-08T21:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-02-10T00:39:46+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-13T17:23:04+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-02-15T19:55:09+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to February 16, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-02-16T19:34:49+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Williamson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-21T16:48:41+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22T20:11:15+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27T15:32:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-01T15:31:50+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-01T18:25:38+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-02T17:10:58+00:00** Carried over to 05-03 by unanimous consent.
- **2017-05-03T18:52:58+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-05T16:15:39+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-09T18:48:15+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-15T21:48:06+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-22T20:07:54+00:00** Chapter 41, (2017 Laws): Effective date May 15, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/edd54459-4448-4ac6-b23b-1858fc60c921`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).