---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to elections; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Removes requirement that person elected to county office provide county clerk with certificate of election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 229"
citation: "Oregon SB 229 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-23T20:31:13+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1061bd3-cee0-44ed-8cf0-cece12fb6a7f"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB229"
source_hash: "0a184021e6916d43e1440c3c6073ecd3ea356047ea9d8e61af66c941947eaaef"
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 229 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to elections; and declaring an emergency.

Removes requirement that person elected to county office provide county clerk with certificate of election.

## 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/SB229/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB229/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB229/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB229/B-Engrossed)
5. **C-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB229/C-Engrossed)
6. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB229/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
7. **House Amendments to B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB229/House Amendments to B-Engrossed)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB229/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–1** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Rayfield. Passed. — **34–25** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **14–6** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — **16–14** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–1** (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 Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-17T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-22T21:34:25+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-23T18:28:59+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-24T18:44:59+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-25T16:36:21+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-26T18:17:41+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13T22:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-06-29T22:31:00+00:00** Work Session cancelled.
- **2017-06-30T22:01:00+00:00** Work Session cancelled.
- **2017-07-01T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-07-03T16:26:41+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed B-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-03T16:28:04+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-03T16:31:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Capital Construction. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-03T23:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2017-07-03T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-07-03T23:22:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-07-05T19:45:49+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed C-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-06T23:13:05+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Rayfield. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-07T00:24:24+00:00** Rules suspended. Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
- **2017-07-05T19:46:49+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-18T17:41:32+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-18T18:05:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-08-18T16:16:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-23T20:29:06+00:00** Chapter 749, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-08-23T20:31:13+00:00** Effective date, August 18, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1061bd3-cee0-44ed-8cf0-cece12fb6a7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).