---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to child safety systems; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Requires children under two years of age to be properly secured in car seat in rear-facing position."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 3404"
citation: "Oregon HB 3404 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carla Piluso", "Elizabeth Steiner Hayward", "Jodi Hack", "John Huffman", "Sheri Malstrom"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-03-21T16:00:06+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8504d49-ada2-4e2f-aefc-edb1ebf7642b"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB3404"
source_hash: "8bc2ddbc2386f6cc3d576004ab362d30ae3959fdac65b85d1befb31f64197e95"
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 3404 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to child safety systems; and declaring an emergency.

Requires children under two years of age to be properly secured in car seat in rear-facing position.

## 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/HB3404/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3404/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3404/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3404/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Knopp. Passed. — **27–3** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Malstrom. Passed. — **48–9** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Carla Piluso — primary (person)
- Elizabeth Steiner Hayward — primary (person)
- Jodi Hack — primary (person)
- John Huffman — primary (person)
- Sheri Malstrom — primary (person)
- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
- Fred Girod — cosponsor (person)
- John Lively — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Monnes Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Devlin — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Knopp — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-21T16:00:06+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22T15:06:34+00:00** Referred to Early Childhood and Family Supports. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-03T19:40:05+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04T16:23:11+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-05T18:14:51+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 6, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-06T18:23:49+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 10, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-10T18:26:01+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Malstrom. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-11T15:50:15+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-14T20:41:34+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-02T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-09T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session cancelled.
- **2017-05-11T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-17T16:13:54+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-17T18:19:17+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-18T18:37:22+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Knopp. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-22T15:49:31+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-22T22:45:48+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-25T16:37:15+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00** Chapter 177, (2017 Laws): Effective date May 25, 2017.
- **2017-03-30T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8504d49-ada2-4e2f-aefc-edb1ebf7642b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).