---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to child-caring agencies; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Authorizes Department of Human Services to immediately place conditions on license, certificate or other authorization of child-caring agency prior to hearing if department finds there is serious danger to public health or safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2903"
citation: "Oregon HB 2903 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Olsen", "Andy Olson", "Duane Stark", "Floyd Prozanski", "Sara Gelser"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-13T17:06:51+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dacb9d1d-08c7-4f10-8c19-c4ef1ebea3fb"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2903"
source_hash: "35aa96b38ff75f90c3a7b3488c21ef594540f990d32d89a3f06ed62cbae6aaa0"
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 2903 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to child-caring agencies; and declaring an emergency.

Authorizes Department of Human Services to immediately place conditions on license, certificate or other authorization of child-caring agency prior to hearing if department finds there is serious danger to public health or safety.

## 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/HB2903/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2903/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2903/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2903/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. — **29–1** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Olson. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Alan Olsen — primary (person)
- Andy Olson — primary (person)
- Duane Stark — primary (person)
- Floyd Prozanski — primary (person)
- Sara Gelser — primary (person)
- Bill Kennemer — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Monnes Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Nathanson — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Noble — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-13T17:06:51+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16T21:40:57+00:00** Referred to Human Services and Housing. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-07T00:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-11T15:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-13T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-20T20:51:24+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `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.
- **2017-04-26T22:45:52+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Olson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-27T16:13:53+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-01T15:52:21+00:00** Referred to Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-08T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-11T15:35:33+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-11T18:26:54+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-15T18:41:05+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-17T16:49:37+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-17T17:29:53+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-24T16:38:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00** Chapter 138, (2017 Laws): Effective date May 24, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dacb9d1d-08c7-4f10-8c19-c4ef1ebea3fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).