---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to giving false information to a peace officer."
description: "Renames crime of giving false information to a peace officer for issuance or service of a citation or for an arrest on a warrant to giving false information to a peace officer in connection with a citation or warrant. Expands crime to include person providing false information to peace officer when there is outstanding warrant for person's arrest. Punishes by maximum of one year's imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2987"
citation: "Oregon HB 2987 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-23T16:42:49+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-31T00:07:46+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d70daec-063a-471e-ae76-0d8353233131"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2987"
source_hash: "88be6a19161fc6fc739103e33ceacd300ce6fa2888b1174f9dfe9970846d60ab"
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 2987 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to giving false information to a peace officer.

Renames crime of giving false information to a peace officer for issuance or service of a citation or for an arrest on a warrant to giving false information to a peace officer in connection with a citation or warrant. Expands crime to include person providing false information to peace officer when there is outstanding warrant for person's arrest. Punishes by maximum of one year's imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both.

## 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/HB2987/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2987/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Barker. Passed. — **54–4** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-23T16:42:49+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23T22:40:06+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-04-07T22:48:49+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10T16:08:26+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-11T18:13:50+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 12, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-12T18:49:31+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Barker. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-13T15:49:52+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-14T20:41:34+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-03T15:32:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-08T15:56:02+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-08T17:33:45+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-09T19:08:50+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-10T22:24:54+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-11T15:32:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-19T00:02:59+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-31T00:07:46+00:00** Chapter 99, (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/3d70daec-063a-471e-ae76-0d8353233131`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).