---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to voter registration."
description: "Clarifies that person may register to vote or update voter registration by having other person deliver voter registration card to designated agency or official."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 3408"
citation: "Oregon HB 3408 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-03-23T16:14:30+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-18T18:19:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/272a7d81-772e-4a53-b389-ca28f49ad142"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB3408"
source_hash: "d384f47d05b088fe12f909b78c197d96c6b648f27d0de5b76b2846d437f4c6f6"
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 3408 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to voter registration.

Clarifies that person may register to vote or update voter registration by having other person deliver voter registration card to designated agency or official.

## 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/HB3408/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3408/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3408/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3408/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **8–1** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed. — **24–6** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. — **42–14** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-23T16:14:30+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-24T19:09:10+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-06-08T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-14T20:13:07+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-15T16:45:35+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-19T18:11:44+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-20T17:08:58+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21T20:42:30+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-19T18:12:44+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Smith DB.
- **2017-06-28T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-06-30T15:31:24+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-30T19:36:49+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-01T17:47:22+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-05T19:29:01+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-06T16:29:45+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-08-08T23:30:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-18T18:19:59+00:00** Chapter 680, (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/272a7d81-772e-4a53-b389-ca28f49ad142`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).