---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to forensic evaluations of criminal defendants."
description: "Provides that progress reports of defendants lacking fitness to proceed who have been committed to state mental hospital or facility for treatment<b> may consist of updates to original examination reports or evaluations</b>."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2309"
citation: "Oregon HB 2309 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
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/a288b4a0-6642-4c47-8a4c-4d711eefd5ce"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2309"
source_hash: "75002cc8a242fbb5968fc5fe1df100f9ee4735a7d842623fb9e9f80e017eb7b1"
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 2309 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to forensic evaluations of criminal defendants.

Provides that progress reports of defendants lacking fitness to proceed who have been committed to state mental hospital or facility for treatment<b> may consist of updates to original examination reports or evaluations</b>.

## 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/HB2309/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2309/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2309/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2309/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. — **27–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Olson. Passed. — **60–0** (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`
- **2017-03-20T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-03-21T23:47:27+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22T15:59:19+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-23T18:41:42+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Olson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-27T16:01:55+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28T16:02:25+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-24T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-01T15:32:00+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `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.
- **2017-05-03T17:58:58+00:00** Carried over to 05-04 by unanimous consent.
- **2017-05-04T18:27:38+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-08T19:22:56+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 49, (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/a288b4a0-6642-4c47-8a4c-4d711eefd5ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).