---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to records of the Office of Small Business Assistance; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Expands exemption from public records law of records of Office of Small Business Assistance, and directs office to maintain specified records confidentially."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 3274"
citation: "Oregon HB 3274 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caddy McKeown", "David Gomberg"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-03-02T17:07:55+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-21T22:10:37+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/330207b0-7ff0-4054-94b6-c32bed8b7af5"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB3274"
source_hash: "7829c2e3e8740deaf65eda1deb95dfb2cb84e2717adf15c1888c27ff13d023c2"
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 3274 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to records of the Office of Small Business Assistance; and prescribing an effective date.

Expands exemption from public records law of records of Office of Small Business Assistance, and directs office to maintain specified records confidentially.

## 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/HB3274/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3274/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3274/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3274/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **4–1** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by McKeown. Passed. — **49–7** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Riley. Passed. — **24–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Caddy McKeown — primary (person)
- David Gomberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-02T17:07:55+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-10T00:02:08+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-12T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-14T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-24T19:38:39+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-25T17:42:01+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-26T23:02:29+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 27, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-27T21:12:55+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.
- **2017-05-02T22:30:51+00:00** Third reading. Carried by McKeown. 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 General Government and Accountability. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-17T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-22T15:56:12+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-22T18:17:55+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-23T18:28:59+00:00** Carried over to 05-24 by unanimous consent.
- **2017-05-24T19:13:46+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Riley. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-26T15:02:41+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-30T15:26:18+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-06T19:33:32+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-21T22:10:37+00:00** Chapter 217, (2017 Laws): Effective date October 6, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/330207b0-7ff0-4054-94b6-c32bed8b7af5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).