---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to definition of \"service area\" for community college districts."
description: "Defines two unique service areas for Columbia Gorge Community College District and Southwestern Oregon Community College District."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 203"
citation: "Oregon SB 203 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-24T20:00:17+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93d64fd7-0dac-4dd0-a6ec-f3422e511b37"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB203"
source_hash: "165b7dbfa3092cf73fcd5c952c649dccf833b2951791eb608043ff50a8bc18ce"
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 203 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to definition of "service area" for community college districts.

Defines two unique service areas for Columbia Gorge Community College District and Southwestern Oregon Community College District.

## 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/SB203/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB203/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by McKeown. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. — **30–0** (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 Education. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-07T23:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-03-09T16:38:46+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-09T19:20:36+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-13T18:27:00+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-14T15:52:53+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15T22:18:34+00:00** Referred to Higher Education and Workforce Development. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-27T20:11:52+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-01T16:27:42+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-02T23:02:34+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 3, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-03T18:09:08+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 4, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-04T18:52:26+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 8, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-08T18:53:29+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 9, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-09T18:45:34+00:00** Third reading. Carried by McKeown. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-10T22:09:09+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-12T18:39:14+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-18T21:14:15+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-24T19:57:56+00:00** Chapter 115, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-05-24T20:00:17+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93d64fd7-0dac-4dd0-a6ec-f3422e511b37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).