---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to trafficking in persons."
description: "Increases age of trafficked person from 15 to 18 for crime of trafficking in persons for use in commercial sex act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2740"
citation: "Oregon HB 2740 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Duane Stark", "John Huffman", "Kathleen Taylor"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-01T17:23:43+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-28T20:55:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3778fa47-8731-4b4f-8194-c57a9000ebc3"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2740"
source_hash: "9b0652ea392f46d59975e51a3fcf4545b7d374f07099eacf5b024fc55b21eec9"
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 2740 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to trafficking in persons.

Increases age of trafficked person from 15 to 18 for crime of trafficking in persons for use in commercial sex act.

## 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/HB2740/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2740/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Huffman. Passed. — **60–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **10–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Duane Stark — primary (person)
- John Huffman — primary (person)
- Kathleen Taylor — primary (person)
- Bill Post — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Thatcher — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Monnes Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Knopp — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-01T17:23:43+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06T19:53:14+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-14T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-26T21:13:24+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-27T16:47:53+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-01T19:18:40+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 2, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-02T22:33:44+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 3, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-03T18:09:08+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 4, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-04T18:10:22+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Huffman. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-08T16:18:09+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09T16:03:29+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-24T15:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-31T15:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-05T15:48:12+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-05T19:18:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-06T23:48:04+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **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 395, (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/3778fa47-8731-4b4f-8194-c57a9000ebc3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).