---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to tax withholding of lottery prize payment; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Decreases amount of lottery prize payment above which Oregon State Lottery Commission must withhold personal income tax for payment to Department of Revenue. Becomes operative January 1, 2018."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 251"
citation: "Oregon SB 251 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kathleen Taylor"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2017-04-26T17:16:36+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4093e6b7-79b3-4c8d-be76-5a200a5e6581"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB251"
source_hash: "4295db72de9e3914b9a8795f286929f8679fe7f65926fce405d514a5c78c51b0"
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 251 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to tax withholding of lottery prize payment; and prescribing an effective date.

Decreases amount of lottery prize payment above which Oregon State Lottery Commission must withhold personal income tax for payment to Department of Revenue. Becomes operative January 1, 2018.

## 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/SB251/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB251/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. — **20–9** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. — **44–14** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Kathleen Taylor — primary (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 Finance and Revenue. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13T16:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-02-20T16:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-02-23T16:25:41+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-23T17:20:06+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-02-28T19:36:02+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-01T17:27:17+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06T23:34:02+00:00** Referred to Revenue. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-03-29T23:39:37+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30T16:28:22+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-03T19:06:08+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 4, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-04T19:16:13+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 5, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-05T19:09:49+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 6, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-06T19:24:12+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 10, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-10T19:00:50+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-11T21:06:20+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-12T15:59:19+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-19T21:34:37+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-26T17:14:09+00:00** Chapter 019, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-04-26T17:16:36+00:00** Effective date, October 6, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4093e6b7-79b3-4c8d-be76-5a200a5e6581`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).