---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to contempt of court."
description: "Extends provisions relating to contempt of court by corporations to other entities that are not natural persons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2357"
citation: "Oregon HB 2357 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/428d9365-d87e-4c9f-9d0c-a208c29f57db"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2357"
source_hash: "cdc8f338711e51c276d3e58434b2d2847a78768e433caa866fb82cdd3215cebe"
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 2357 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to contempt of court.

Extends provisions relating to contempt of court by corporations to other entities that are not natural persons.

## 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/HB2357/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2357/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2357/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2357/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Post. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Thatcher. Passed. — **27–3** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **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`
- **2017-02-15T21:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-02-17T21:43:15+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-20T17:14:31+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-02-22T19:47:19+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Post. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-23T16:54:53+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-27T22:44:05+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-03T15:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-09T15:32:29+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-10T17:06:45+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-11T18:55:49+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Thatcher. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-11T18:56:49+00:00** Boquist, DeBoer, Frederick, Girod, Kruse, Linthicum, Olsen, Thatcher, Thomsen declared potential conflict of interest (probable class).
- **2017-05-16T18:41:48+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **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 153, (2017 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2018.
- **2017-02-02T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/428d9365-d87e-4c9f-9d0c-a208c29f57db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).