---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to medical examiners."
description: "Renames position of State Medical Examiner to Chief Medical Examiner."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2322"
citation: "Oregon HB 2322 (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/e66ad8ad-6e9d-44d0-8c50-9ddc7c8bc7a8"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2322"
source_hash: "15ac34f92e9d5ec97a7b4a9d33b53d7c6a38ef90da2ccc5d1f6f66affd907ba6"
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 2322 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to medical examiners.

Renames position of State Medical Examiner to Chief Medical Examiner.

## 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/HB2322/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2322/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Olson. Passed. — **56–1** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–1** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. — **20–9** (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`
- **2017-03-30T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-14T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-21T16:30:17+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-24T16:10:00+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-25T18:34:23+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 26, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-26T22:17:09+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Olson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-27T16:13:53+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-01T15:52:21+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-11T15:32:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-15T15:26:22+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-15T17:52:36+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-16T18:45:01+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-19T00:17:40+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-22T16:07:02+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-25T16:37:15+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00** Chapter 151, (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/e66ad8ad-6e9d-44d0-8c50-9ddc7c8bc7a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).