---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to vitamin K."
description: "Provides that administration of vitamin K to newborn infants must be by most effective means."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2644"
citation: "Oregon HB 2644 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sheri Malstrom"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
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/d9d598eb-c3b4-4232-89f2-9a7d90ac053f"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2644"
source_hash: "bb96eec0278415d8aae8e21fb4090d9645db9c114ca1f8897598d6b4075d3b2f"
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 2644 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to vitamin K.

Provides that administration of vitamin K to newborn infants must be by most effective means.

## 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/HB2644/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2644/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2644/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2644/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Malstrom. Passed. — **56–1** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Steiner Hayward. Passed. — **17–13** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Sheri Malstrom — primary (person)
- Elizabeth Steiner Hayward — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Monnes Anderson — 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 Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-20T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-13T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-03-15T22:00:13+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16T16:00:21+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-20T18:35:21+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Malstrom. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-21T15:53:39+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22T20:14:19+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-16T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-17T17:31:19+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-17T18:19:17+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-18T18:15:10+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Steiner Hayward. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-22T15:49:31+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-22T22:45:48+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-25T16:37:15+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00** Chapter 162, (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/d9d598eb-c3b4-4232-89f2-9a7d90ac053f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).