---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Oregon 529 Savings Network; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Prohibits Department of Human Services and Oregon Health Authority from seeking payment from amounts in ABLE account."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 1027"
citation: "Oregon SB 1027 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cedric Hayden", "Sara Gelser"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-03-15T16:07:39+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-22T20:08:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74a06103-e631-4a5c-b02e-dd644cd1f510"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB1027"
source_hash: "bea8fb4ceca0dfb7217d972de3a16fc065c7e038b85dc74934e5e19f1dae365e"
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 SB 1027 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to the Oregon 529 Savings Network; and declaring an emergency.

Prohibits Department of Human Services and Oregon Health Authority from seeking payment from amounts in ABLE account.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1027/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1027/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1027/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1027/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Hayden. Passed. — **54–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Cedric Hayden — primary (person)
- Sara Gelser — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-15T16:07:39+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20T15:54:16+00:00** Referred to Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-03T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-10T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-14T16:50:37+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-17T18:23:21+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-18T19:10:29+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-19T15:52:26+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26T22:13:50+00:00** Referred to Human Services and Housing. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-04T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-18T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-24T22:52:40+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-25T16:47:08+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-26T15:36:22+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 30, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-30T18:44:50+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 31, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-31T18:56:58+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 1, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-01T22:52:48+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 5, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-05T23:34:31+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hayden. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-07T15:13:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-09T19:03:51+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-14T22:30:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-22T20:00:31+00:00** Chapter 367, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-06-22T20:08:39+00:00** Effective date, June 14, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74a06103-e631-4a5c-b02e-dd644cd1f510`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).