---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to driving privileges."
description: "Allows person issued hardship permit to drive for purpose of participating in gambling addiction treatment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 252"
citation: "Oregon SB 252 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kathleen Taylor"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-22T19:44:17+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0f6a13c-0396-4513-8c5c-f1d71d85e212"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB252"
source_hash: "0ba27a30ed6e960cddd1ab8fac5dc67d1f997db2ab602ca85702211a8385cd3c"
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 252 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to driving privileges.

Allows person issued hardship permit to drive for purpose of participating in gambling addiction treatment.

## 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/SB252/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB252/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Stark. Passed. — **56–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **10–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Kathleen Taylor — primary (person)
- Bill Kennemer — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — 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 and Work Session held.
- **2017-02-21T16:26:04+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-21T18:18:20+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-02-23T20:01:36+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-27T16:34:19+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02T16:45:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-11T23:14:31+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-15T16:34:42+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **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.
- **2017-05-25T22:00:25+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 26, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-26T15:36:22+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 30, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-30T18:44:50+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 31, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-31T18:56:58+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 1, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-01T18:23:21+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Stark. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-06T20:10:13+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-07T22:09:22+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-14T22:30:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-22T19:41:09+00:00** Chapter 319, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-06-22T19:44:17+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/a0f6a13c-0396-4513-8c5c-f1d71d85e212`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).