---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to assessments for children with difficulties hearing; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Establishes Task Force on Assessments of Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 3412"
citation: "Oregon HB 3412 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hansell", "Carl Wilson", "Paul Evans", "Ron Noble", "Tawna Sanchez"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-03-27T16:05:10+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-18T18:00:20+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce441441-86f0-4dcb-9fa1-95f2db37b95a"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB3412"
source_hash: "9ece1b680de1116d534b30e79f0910f2c2bd95f396c7681d71fb16d1db18cffd"
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 3412 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to assessments for children with difficulties hearing; and declaring an emergency.

Establishes Task Force on Assessments of Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.

## 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/HB3412/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3412/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3412/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3412/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading as Special Order of Business. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. — **53–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Thomsen. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **44–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **8–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bill Hansell — primary (person)
- Carl Wilson — primary (person)
- Paul Evans — primary (person)
- Ron Noble — primary (person)
- Tawna Sanchez — primary (person)
- A. Richard Vial — cosponsor (person)
- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
- Brad Witt — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Boquist — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Gorsek — cosponsor (person)
- Dallas Heard — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Rayfield — cosponsor (person)
- Diego Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Gene Whisnant — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Williamson — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Parrish — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Monnes Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Doherty — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nearman — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Devlin — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Gelser — cosponsor (person)
- Sheri Malstrom — cosponsor (person)
- Sherrie Sprenger — cosponsor (person)
- Susan McLain — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-27T16:05:10+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28T00:11:23+00:00** Referred to Education with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-17T22:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-04-21T00:03:59+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-21T00:04:00+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20T18:38:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Education. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-22T15:33:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2017-06-22T15:32:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-06-28T19:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-29T22:34:10+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-29T22:50:43+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-30T18:33:34+00:00** Third reading as Special Order of Business. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-01T16:21:50+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-01T18:39:20+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-04T15:06:05+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-04T17:04:43+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-05T17:05:00+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Thomsen. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-05T17:00:00+00:00** Made a Special Order of Business by voice vote.
- **2017-07-10T21:30:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-18T18:09:30+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-08-15T19:02:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-18T18:00:20+00:00** Chapter 722, (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/ce441441-86f0-4dcb-9fa1-95f2db37b95a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).