---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to abbreviated school days; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Limits school district's ability to require students to participate in abbreviated school day program. Prescribes requirements when students do participate in abbreviated school day program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 263"
citation: "Oregon SB 263 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sara Gelser"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-22T19:44:17+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/071ddeb5-bdd2-4cc9-8d23-83eaef8621d1"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB263"
source_hash: "01834e7f50dd31efc51b4c959316b2a8d1da91b13805465202e6cb0428abfad3"
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 263 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to abbreviated school days; and declaring an emergency.

Limits school district's ability to require students to participate in abbreviated school day program. Prescribes requirements when students do participate in abbreviated school day program.

## 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/SB263/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB263/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB263/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB263/B-Engrossed)
5. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB263/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB263/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed. — **55–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Sara Gelser — primary (person)
- Tim Knopp — 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 Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-12T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-17T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-21T19:03:18+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-24T17:04:12+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-25T18:57:01+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-26T16:16:05+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-28T22:28:46+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-22T22:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-26T18:35:51+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-30T16:14:59+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-31T18:56:58+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 1, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-01T22:52:48+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 5, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-05T23:57:20+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-07T18:14:56+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
- **2017-06-08T22:04:35+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-09T19:03:51+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-14T22:30:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-22T19:41:09+00:00** Chapter 322, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-06-22T19:44:17+00:00** Effective date, July 1, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/071ddeb5-bdd2-4cc9-8d23-83eaef8621d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).