---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to vision screenings; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Directs Department of Education to reimburse education provider for expenses incurred from providing vision screenings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 187"
citation: "Oregon SB 187 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arnie Roblan", "Betsy Johnson", "Jennifer Williamson", "Jodi Hack", "Julie Parrish", "Mike McLane", "Richard Devlin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-10T19:48:19+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6da5d61-ce03-43b4-bb82-7050eabd2ff4"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB187"
source_hash: "2bd7ab4e2eb264d13dd76228b2372e3848eea3ab5299ee97454c56c6659e55e8"
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 187 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to vision screenings; and declaring an emergency.

Directs Department of Education to reimburse education provider for expenses incurred from providing vision screenings.

## 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/SB187/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB187/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB187/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB187/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **44–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Devlin. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Parrish. Passed. — **59–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Arnie Roblan — primary (person)
- Betsy Johnson — primary (person)
- Jennifer Williamson — primary (person)
- Jodi Hack — primary (person)
- Julie Parrish — primary (person)
- Mike McLane — primary (person)
- Richard Devlin — primary (person)
- Alan Olsen — cosponsor (person)
- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
- Ann Lininger — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Hansell — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Kennemer — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Post — cosponsor (person)
- Brad Witt — cosponsor (person)
- Caddy McKeown — cosponsor (person)
- David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah Boone — cosponsor (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Steiner Hayward — cosponsor (person)
- Gene Whisnant — cosponsor (person)
- Ginny Burdick — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Barreto — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Smith — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Susan McLain — cosponsor (person)
- Ted Ferrioli — 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 Education, then Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-02-21T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-02-22T23:23:38+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
- **2017-06-14T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-06-07T21:23:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Education. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-27T15:33:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2017-06-27T15:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-28T19:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-29T22:47:05+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-30T19:36:49+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-01T17:16:19+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Devlin. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-01T17:44:05+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-01T22:08:55+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-05T18:24:43+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-05T18:29:51+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-06T22:08:08+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Parrish. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-07T17:48:33+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-10T21:30:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-08-02T16:48:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-10T19:45:50+00:00** Chapter 640, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-08-10T19:48:19+00:00** Effective date, August 2, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6da5d61-ce03-43b4-bb82-7050eabd2ff4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).