---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a Southwest Corridor MAX light rail project; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Provides procedures and requirements for establishing criteria for siting of Southwest Corridor MAX Light Rail Project."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 3202"
citation: "Oregon HB 3202 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ann Lininger", "Ginny Burdick", "Ken Helm", "Richard Devlin"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-03-01T17:27:17+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-18T18:00:20+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c100b8f-c774-4cf8-a617-4facf08c2d5f"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB3202"
source_hash: "c5cd7a7dfd54b0155923389b12190b711bd5e5413f1f80fedfcb368048c213ae"
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 3202 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to a Southwest Corridor MAX light rail project; and declaring an emergency.

Provides procedures and requirements for establishing criteria for siting of Southwest Corridor MAX Light Rail Project.

## 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/HB3202/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3202/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3202/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3202/B-Engrossed)
5. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3202/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3202/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Burdick. Passed. — **23–6** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **36–4** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Helm. Passed. — **41–18** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **8–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ann Lininger — primary (person)
- Ginny Burdick — primary (person)
- Ken Helm — primary (person)
- Richard Devlin — primary (person)
- A. Richard Vial — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Doherty — cosponsor (person)

## 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`
- **2017-03-09T00:24:34+00:00** Referred to Energy and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-12T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-17T21:50:23+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-17T21:50:24+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-29T17:27:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Capital Construction. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-01T20:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2017-07-01T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-07-03T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-07-05T19:45:45+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-05T21:15:52+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-06T02:05:27+00:00** Rules suspended. Rules suspended. Carried over to July 6, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-07-06T18:19:12+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Helm. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-06T18:33:09+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-06T19:07:10+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-07T16:43:06+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-07T17:58:23+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-07T18:04:28+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Burdick. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-07T18:05:28+00:00** Thatcher declared potential conflict of interest.
- **2017-07-18T16:16:37+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-18T20:25:51+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-10T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-08-15T19:02:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-18T18:00:20+00:00** Chapter 714, (2017 Laws): Effective date August 15, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c100b8f-c774-4cf8-a617-4facf08c2d5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).