---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to collection of debts owed to state; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Requires financial institutions to participate in data match system established by Department of Revenue to identify assets held at financial institutions by delinquent debtors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 254"
citation: "Oregon SB 254 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Betsy Johnson", "Kathleen Taylor", "Nancy Nathanson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-10T19:48:19+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b9cbc2c-43f5-4366-a14d-335ff2232046"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB254"
source_hash: "7dff036c9073d875b5a36a147ceaf5822e40bd77f5c74afce9265416c9e42223"
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 254 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to collection of debts owed to state; and prescribing an effective date.

Requires financial institutions to participate in data match system established by Department of Revenue to identify assets held at financial institutions by delinquent debtors.

## 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/SB254/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB254/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB254/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB254/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. — **54–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **46–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Betsy Johnson — primary (person)
- Kathleen Taylor — primary (person)
- Nancy Nathanson — primary (person)
- David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Holvey — 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 General Government and Accountability. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-20T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-03-27T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-03-30T21:55:13+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30T21:55:14+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-01T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session cancelled.
- **2017-05-24T22:04:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On General Government. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-05T22:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2017-06-05T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-06-16T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-20T15:34:23+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-20T17:44:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-21T19:03:03+00:00** Carried over to 06-22 by unanimous consent.
- **2017-06-22T18:30:54+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-23T16:10:42+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-23T22:56:39+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-27T16:59:32+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-27T17:08:56+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-28T23:44:11+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-30T21:46:07+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-01T15:12:29+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-08-02T16:48:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-10T19:45:50+00:00** Chapter 644, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-08-10T19:48:19+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/6b9cbc2c-43f5-4366-a14d-335ff2232046`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).