---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to an annual day of observance; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Designates third Saturday in March of each year as Cherry Blossom Day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 146"
citation: "Oregon SB 146 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackie Winters", "Peter Courtney"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-22T21:35:10+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f96d0379-bbde-4ec2-b8b6-e0b1d8b0095e"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB146"
source_hash: "8b3450c487bb563d20360e0a736e871b9268642002f846236e77e4c29237e10b"
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 146 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to an annual day of observance; and declaring an emergency.

Designates third Saturday in March of each year as Cherry Blossom Day.

## 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/SB146/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB146/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Clem. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Winters, Courtney. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jackie Winters — primary (person)
- Peter Courtney — primary (person)
- Fred Girod — cosponsor (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 Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08T21:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-02-14T16:51:08+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-14T19:29:33+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-02-16T19:14:05+00:00** Carried over to 02-21 by unanimous consent.
- **2017-02-21T19:39:09+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Winters, Courtney. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-22T17:40:47+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23T00:09:35+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-28T23:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-03-01T16:50:00+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-02T17:15:12+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-06T19:53:57+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 7, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-03-07T19:45:51+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Clem. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-09T18:34:56+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-03-13T17:07:02+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-03-17T21:23:34+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-22T21:34:20+00:00** Chapter 004, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-03-22T21:35:10+00:00** Effective date, March 17, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f96d0379-bbde-4ec2-b8b6-e0b1d8b0095e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).