---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the establishment of circuit court judge positions; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Increases number of circuit court judges in judicial districts<b> consisting of Josephine County and Washington County</b>."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2605"
citation: "Oregon HB 2605 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
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/7f4da91b-aa1e-4353-b970-f5d2f4b216f0"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2605"
source_hash: "416abb56cb13b4a96a0747bf780bd015af0cb7bc98fc6249bcf5ea7b6fcd5eae"
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 2605 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to the establishment of circuit court judge positions; and declaring an emergency.

Increases number of circuit court judges in judicial districts<b> consisting of Josephine County and Washington County</b>.

## 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/HB2605/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2605/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2605/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2605/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **44–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Winters. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Stark. Passed. — **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 with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14T21:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-02-15T23:09:20+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-15T23:09:21+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20T17:41:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-22T22:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2017-06-22T22:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-06-28T19:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-29T22:34:05+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-29T22:50:43+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-30T20:37:40+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Stark. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-01T16:21:50+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-01T18:39:20+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-04T15:05:55+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-04T17:04:43+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-05T21:08:27+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Winters. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-10T21:30:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-18T18:09:30+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-08-02T18:41:09+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-10T22:35:10+00:00** Chapter 631, (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/7f4da91b-aa1e-4353-b970-f5d2f4b216f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).