---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to public accountability in administering the public records law; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Creates Public Records Advocate and Public Records Advisory Council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 106"
citation: "Oregon SB 106 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-23T20:41:03+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9b1b134-3119-4b52-ab30-c6282b49a4f7"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB106"
source_hash: "890e9a576d7287c44d0c647e4d76f9b11b602590b8156eb1276a850a1ea9c622"
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 106 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to public accountability in administering the public records law; and declaring an emergency.

Creates Public Records Advocate and Public Records Advisory Council.

## 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/SB106/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB106/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB106/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB106/B-Engrossed)
5. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB106/Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB106/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Huffman. Passed. — **49–11** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. — **17–11** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–1** (pass) · legislature
- Not Heard — **18–4** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **18–4** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-17T16:06:43+00:00** Referred to General Government and Accountability, then Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-22T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-05T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-10T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-14T21:46:08+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-14T21:46:09+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-06-26T22:01:00+00:00** Work Session cancelled.
- **2017-06-18T21:52:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On General Government. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-27T22:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2017-06-27T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-29T19:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-30T23:33:14+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-01T16:35:04+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-03T21:18:37+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-03T21:19:00+00:00** Winters granted unanimous consent to change vote from aye to nay.
- **2017-07-05T15:25:47+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-06T01:38:39+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-06T21:55:07+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-06T23:26:45+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-07T16:53:40+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Huffman. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-18T20:42:13+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-18T20:45:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-08-15T17:39:28+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-23T20:36:16+00:00** Chapter 728, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-08-23T20:41:03+00:00** 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/c9b1b134-3119-4b52-ab30-c6282b49a4f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).