---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the financial administration of the Commission for the Blind; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Commission for the Blind for biennial expenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 5003"
citation: "Oregon HB 5003 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-18T23:03:52+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff85331f-870f-42e7-b1bb-eeb6805ff709"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB5003"
source_hash: "100d748c8f572a545bb865269b8fad306ac82ee0bdf74deed012da22cb466bb3"
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 5003 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to the financial administration of the Commission for the Blind; and declaring an emergency.

Appropriates moneys from General Fund to Commission for the Blind for biennial expenses.

## 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/HB5003/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB5003/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB5003/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB5003/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Malstrom. Passed. — **41–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. — **29–1** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **46–0** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18T01:55:48+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-01-25T00:25:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-12T15:33:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2017-06-12T15:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-16T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-20T19:24:27+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-21T16:06:17+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-22T20:16:17+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Malstrom. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-26T17:07:01+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-26T19:38:25+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-27T15:32:30+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-27T18:12:09+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-28T18:25:47+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-30T16:43:25+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-30T21:46:07+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-06T19:50:25+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-18T23:03:52+00:00** Chapter 555, (2017 Laws): Effective date July 6, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff85331f-870f-42e7-b1bb-eeb6805ff709`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).