---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to towing."
description: "Places certain additional prohibitions and requirements on towers. Adds certain towing provisions to those provisions enforceable as unlawful trade practices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 117"
citation: "Oregon SB 117 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Riley", "James Manning Jr."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-04T20:31:05+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5011ed35-0c28-4c7f-8204-fbed345bf9eb"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB117"
source_hash: "7b3b4d95c4ef915cf4d27ee9f1bc828c1d88e0ffa2b7c70712977bb5361f559d"
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 117 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to towing.

Places certain additional prohibitions and requirements on towers. Adds certain towing provisions to those provisions enforceable as unlawful trade practices.

## 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/SB117/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB117/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB117/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB117/B-Engrossed)
5. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB117/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB117/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Post. Passed. — **51–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Riley. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **3–2** (pass) · legislature
- Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **11–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Chuck Riley — primary (person)
- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)

## 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 Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-18T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-21T19:03:16+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-24T17:04:12+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-25T18:43:12+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Riley. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-26T16:16:05+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27T21:04:55+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-16T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-25T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-31T19:34:49+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-01T15:55:02+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-05T23:50:30+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 6, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-06T23:55:13+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 7, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-07T21:44:01+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 8, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-08T19:23:15+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 12, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-12T22:20:37+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Post. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-15T18:17:01+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
- **2017-06-19T21:39:10+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-20T20:38:40+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-27T21:18:02+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-04T20:04:50+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2018.
- **2017-07-04T20:31:05+00:00** Chapter 480, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-03-21T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5011ed35-0c28-4c7f-8204-fbed345bf9eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).