---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Williams Syndrome Awareness Month."
description: "Designates month of May of each year as Williams Syndrome Awareness Month."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2591"
citation: "Oregon HB 2591 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cedric Hayden"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
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/988b2852-39a3-4b6c-99cc-1350f0510068"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2591"
source_hash: "1e382f768405e99143c40a2dc4330f7de880caaba5603918a88ee3eec07c6dbb"
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 2591 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to Williams Syndrome Awareness Month.

Designates month of May of each year as Williams Syndrome Awareness Month.

## 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/HB2591/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2591/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. — **26–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Hayden. Passed. — **55–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **8–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Cedric Hayden — primary (person)
- Julie Parrish — cosponsor (person)

## 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 Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30T22:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-04-03T23:33:26+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04T16:23:11+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-05T18:45:41+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hayden. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-06T15:57:23+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-10T22:22:09+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-22T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-24T15:30:09+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-24T18:28:24+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-25T19:08:03+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-30T23:23:35+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-31T17:23:29+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-08T21:41:07+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00** Chapter 266, (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/988b2852-39a3-4b6c-99cc-1350f0510068`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).