---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to court appointed special advocates; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Transfers authority over court appointed special advocates and CASA Volunteer Programs from Oregon Volunteers Commission for Voluntary Action and Service to Oregon Department of Administrative Services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2600"
citation: "Oregon HB 2600 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andy Olson", "Arnie Roblan", "Caddy McKeown", "Jeff Kruse", "Tawna Sanchez"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-10T22:35:10+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d94cdf1-16b8-4886-91d6-b46ff67e3ff8"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2600"
source_hash: "26291b457be4ce7738781fe459ebececde88696a96d0201c99e6d0ff5dc508c4"
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 2600 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to court appointed special advocates; and declaring an emergency.

Transfers authority over court appointed special advocates and CASA Volunteer Programs from Oregon Volunteers Commission for Voluntary Action and Service to Oregon Department of Administrative Services.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2600/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2600/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2600/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2600/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **44–0** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Olson. Passed. — **58–1** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Kruse. Passed. — **28–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Andy Olson — primary (person)
- Arnie Roblan — primary (person)
- Caddy McKeown — primary (person)
- Jeff Kruse — primary (person)
- Tawna Sanchez — primary (person)
- Ann Lininger — cosponsor (person)
- Brad Witt — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Rayfield — cosponsor (person)
- Ginny Burdick — cosponsor (person)
- John Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Lee Beyer — cosponsor (person)
- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Devlin — 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 with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-14T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-26T17:19:00+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26T17:19:01+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-06-19T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-06-09T23:31:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-27T22:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2017-06-27T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-30T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-07-04T22:44:18+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-05T15:25:47+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-06T01:14:51+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Olson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-06T15:10:01+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-06T17:50:09+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-07T14:39:43+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-07T16:05:54+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-07T16:09:16+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Kruse. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-07T16:10:16+00:00** Vote explanation filed by Boquist.
- **2017-07-18T16:16:37+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-18T20:25:51+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-08-02T18:41:09+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-10T22:35:10+00:00** Chapter 630, (2017 Laws): Effective date August 2, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d94cdf1-16b8-4886-91d6-b46ff67e3ff8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).