---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to law enforcement officers."
description: "Allows nonimmigrant authorized to enter United States under Compact of Free Association to be law enforcement officer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2594"
citation: "Oregon HB 2594 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alissa Keny-Guyer", "Andy Olson", "Dan Rayfield", "Jeff Barker", "Sara Gelser"]
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/cb144cb1-ad5a-4b41-92f3-a87970ba0102"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2594"
source_hash: "f77916acaf5531843216bf766dff59e9f7dc382abc8030eeb171653c91031f79"
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 2594 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to law enforcement officers.

Allows nonimmigrant authorized to enter United States under Compact of Free Association to be law enforcement officer.

## 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/HB2594/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2594/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Olson. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. — **27–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **10–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Alissa Keny-Guyer — primary (person)
- Andy Olson — primary (person)
- Dan Rayfield — primary (person)
- Jeff Barker — primary (person)
- Sara Gelser — primary (person)
- Arnie Roblan — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Hansell — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Kennemer — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Gorsek — cosponsor (person)
- David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah Boone — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Steiner Hayward — cosponsor (person)
- Fred Girod — cosponsor (person)
- Ginny Burdick — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Parrish — cosponsor (person)
- Lee Beyer — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Doherty — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nearman — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Barnhart — cosponsor (person)
- Ted Ferrioli — 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 Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14T21:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-02-15T23:09:19+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-16T17:18:08+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-02-20T19:28:34+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Olson. 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`
- **2017-04-26T15:32:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-01T15:32:06+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.
- **2017-05-03T17:58:58+00:00** Carried over to 05-04 by unanimous consent.
- **2017-05-04T18:36:29+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 53, (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/cb144cb1-ad5a-4b41-92f3-a87970ba0102`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).