---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to extending collective bargaining rights to certain faculty members of a public university."
description: "Extends collective bargaining rights to certain faculty members of public university with academic rather than administrative focus."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 3170"
citation: "Oregon HB 3170 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 10
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-03-01T17:27:17+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-18T23:03:52+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d20dcb2-769d-4042-a561-fed3fcc231f2"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB3170"
source_hash: "b8bd249a9dd35391396b934dad6a86f7114438cf38c47e226a5565d94ca1d5b0"
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 3170 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to extending collective bargaining rights to certain faculty members of a public university.

Extends collective bargaining rights to certain faculty members of public university with academic rather than administrative focus.

## 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/HB3170/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3170/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3170/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3170/B-Engrossed)
5. **Minority Report to B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3170/Minority Report to B-Engrossed)
6. **Minority Report to C-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3170/Minority Report to C-Engrossed)
7. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3170/Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed)
8. **Senate Minority Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3170/Senate Minority Amendments to A-Engrossed)
9. **Senate Minority Amendments to B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3170/Senate Minority Amendments to B-Engrossed)
10. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3170/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Doherty. Passed. — **37–22** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–4** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **3–2** (pass) · legislature
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **36–22** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Linthicum. Motion to substitute Minority Report failed. — **13–17** (fail) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **3–2** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. — **17–13** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-01T17:27:17+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07T00:53:14+00:00** Referred to Business and Labor. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-12T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-17T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-21T16:30:23+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.
- **2017-04-26T22:56:48+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 27, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-27T20:55:23+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 1, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-01T19:18:40+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 2, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-02T21:25:12+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Doherty. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-03T16:10:08+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-05T16:24:44+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-18T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-06-01T22:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-09T16:29:13+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-09T16:29:14+00:00** Referred to Rules by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-09T16:29:15+00:00** Minority Recommendation: Do pass with different amendments to the A-Eng.(Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-09T16:29:16+00:00** Referred to Rules by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-06-21T21:58:32+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-21T21:58:33+00:00** Minority Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the B-Eng. bill. (Printed C-Eng Minority) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-22T17:21:30+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-26T18:32:34+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Linthicum. Motion to substitute Minority Report failed.
- **2017-06-26T18:38:54+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-27T18:10:34+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2017-06-29T21:30:41+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-29T23:41:33+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-06T19:50:25+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-18T23:03:52+00:00** Chapter 553, (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/7d20dcb2-769d-4042-a561-fed3fcc231f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).