---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to doctors of osteopathic medicine."
description: "Changes term \"osteopath\" to \"osteopathic physician.\" Clarifies that doctors of osteopathic medicine practice medicine as physicians."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 3363"
citation: "Oregon HB 3363 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Knute Buehler", "Ron Noble"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-03-06T16:59:03+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-28T20:55:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a8df4ca-5ee4-4364-9f1f-e38df2c9ffb2"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB3363"
source_hash: "032f59f8e8e6a06aac5293e065da0e6ad307bb528e30a090b2325439bd6f107c"
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 3363 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to doctors of osteopathic medicine.

Changes term "osteopath" to "osteopathic physician." Clarifies that doctors of osteopathic medicine practice medicine as physicians.

## 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/HB3363/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3363/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3363/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3363/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Noble. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Knute Buehler — primary (person)
- Ron Noble — primary (person)
- Andy Olson — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Kennemer — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Steiner Hayward — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Monnes Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Mitch Greenlick — cosponsor (person)
- Sheri Malstrom — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-06T16:59:03+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13T21:27:32+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-07T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-11T19:15:58+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-12T16:28:22+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-13T18:37:52+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 17, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-17T18:26:35+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 18, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-18T18:52:45+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Noble. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-19T17:02:44+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-24T16:09:00+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-04T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-25T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-01T15:43:02+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-01T18:20:45+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-05T17:11:41+00:00** Carried over to 06-06 by unanimous consent.
- **2017-06-06T23:09:00+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-09T19:03:51+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-12T23:48:41+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-20T20:26:40+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-28T20:55:59+00:00** Chapter 409, (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/9a8df4ca-5ee4-4364-9f1f-e38df2c9ffb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).