---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to public health."
description: "Defines \"enclosed area\" for purposes of Oregon Indoor Clean Air Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 235"
citation: "Oregon SB 235 (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: "2017-08-23T20:41:03+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5454eed8-94e0-41c6-9871-999d37f45264"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB235"
source_hash: "ac647224feac064cf6a6f77414a15131b7bda14f8e0dce998f0de23749215c24"
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 235 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to public health.

Defines "enclosed area" for purposes of Oregon Indoor Clean Air Act.

## 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/SB235/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB235/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB235/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB235/B-Engrossed)
5. **C-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB235/C-Engrossed)
6. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB235/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
7. **House Amendments to B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB235/House Amendments to B-Engrossed)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB235/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Rules suspended. Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — **27–2** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Steiner Hayward. Passed. — **26–2** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Huffman. Passed. — **54–5** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–2** (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 Health Care, then Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-02-09T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-18T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-26T21:16:24+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, subsequent referral to Ways and Means be rescinded and be referred to Rules. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26T21:17:24+00:00** Subsequent referral to Ways and means rescinded by order of the President and referral to Rules denied.
- **2017-04-27T18:28:18+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-01T18:37:59+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Steiner Hayward. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-02T16:02:26+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-05T18:36:23+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-15T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-22T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-30T19:22:30+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed B-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-30T19:22:31+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-30T20:25:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Capital Construction. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-01T23:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2017-07-01T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-07-01T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-07-04T18:22:34+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed C-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-05T15:25:47+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-06T23:20:02+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Huffman. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-07T02:29:04+00:00** Rules suspended. Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
- **2017-07-18T17:41:32+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-18T18:05:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-08-15T17:39:28+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-23T20:36:16+00:00** Chapter 732, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-08-23T20:41:03+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/5454eed8-94e0-41c6-9871-999d37f45264`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).