---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the offense of vehicular assault."
description: "Expands offense of vehicular assault to include contact with motorcycle, motorcycle operator or motorcycle passenger."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2598"
citation: "Oregon HB 2598 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andy Olson", "Bill Post", "Jeff Barker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-28T20:55:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae1c3c9b-2255-4353-be16-e606df523aea"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2598"
source_hash: "a39c9045560346e986725d756c0da0ceae6d3fceb8eb5ae781fc1b7406e86f59"
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 2598 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to the offense of vehicular assault.

Expands offense of vehicular assault to include contact with motorcycle, motorcycle operator or motorcycle passenger.

## 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/HB2598/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2598/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2598/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2598/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Post. Passed. — **48–11** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **48–10** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **9–1** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Andy Olson — primary (person)
- Bill Post — primary (person)
- Jeff Barker — primary (person)
- Bill Hansell — cosponsor (person)
- Carl Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Rayfield — cosponsor (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nearman — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Devlin — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Gelser — 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`
- **2017-03-07T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-28T21:31:00+00:00** Work Session cancelled.
- **2017-04-06T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-14T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-21T16:30:19+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.
- **2017-04-26T22:15:35+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 27, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-27T20:55:23+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 1, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-01T19:18:40+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 2, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-02T21:19:05+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Post. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-03T16:10:08+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-05T16:24:44+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-24T15:17:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-31T15:21:19+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-01T18:20:45+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-05T18:58:46+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-07T18:19:25+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2017-06-09T19:03:51+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-12T23:48:41+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-20T20:26:40+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-28T20:55:59+00:00** Chapter 388, (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/ae1c3c9b-2255-4353-be16-e606df523aea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).