---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to affirmative defenses for trafficking victims."
description: "Creates affirmative defense to crime of prostitution if, at time of alleged offense, defendant was victim of certain trafficking crimes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 250"
citation: "Oregon SB 250 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Huffman", "Kathleen Taylor", "Sara Gelser", "Tim Knopp"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-16T17:01:55+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60ef59c8-7383-456f-ba38-6bb75dc82e1e"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB250"
source_hash: "c5d8a51c764896b9130d98e7ae1dafd53741c6c1ecf44dd1fe4224e5f6edbf6f"
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 250 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to affirmative defenses for trafficking victims.

Creates affirmative defense to crime of prostitution if, at time of alleged offense, defendant was victim of certain trafficking crimes.

## 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/SB250/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB250/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Stark. Passed. — **54–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- John Huffman — primary (person)
- Kathleen Taylor — primary (person)
- Sara Gelser — primary (person)
- Tim Knopp — primary (person)
- A. Richard Vial — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Kennemer — cosponsor (person)
- Duane Stark — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Steiner Hayward — cosponsor (person)
- Gene Whisnant — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Williamson — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Thatcher — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Noble — 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 Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-29T15:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-04T15:29:48+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04T17:41:20+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-05T18:13:57+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-06T16:32:34+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06T23:23:40+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session cancelled.
- **2017-05-03T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-08T23:34:07+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-09T16:49:56+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-10T18:40:48+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 11, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-11T18:49:48+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 15, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-15T19:01:17+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 16, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-16T18:59:34+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 17, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-17T19:03:22+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 18, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-18T19:01:17+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 22, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-22T19:50:17+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 23, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-23T18:38:49+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 24, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-24T21:56:50+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 25, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-25T21:46:46+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Stark. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-30T21:54:06+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-31T21:05:44+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-06T19:26:14+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-16T16:55:33+00:00** Chapter 246, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-06-16T17:01:55+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/60ef59c8-7383-456f-ba38-6bb75dc82e1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).