---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to cannabis; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Removes provisions related to marijuana offenses from Uniform Controlled Substances Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 302"
citation: "Oregon SB 302 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2017-04-26T17:17:15+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/266d368b-9c98-43b9-b498-f55cb4d4b910"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB302"
source_hash: "6149e8dce00b8d909a683473d713f5f2f3f7320154a6e29918a1881b77055c66"
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 302 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to cannabis; and declaring an emergency.

Removes provisions related to marijuana offenses from Uniform Controlled Substances Act.

## 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/SB302/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB302/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB302/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB302/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **21–8** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading as Special Order of Business. Carried by Lininger. Passed. — **34–21** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **20–0** (pass) · legislature

## 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 Marijuana Regulation. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15T01:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-10T16:27:39+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-13T16:54:58+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-14T18:15:05+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-15T15:54:22+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15T22:18:34+00:00** Referred to Marijuana Regulation. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08T01:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-03-17T21:35:52+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-20T16:41:34+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-21T18:44:41+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 27, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-03-27T18:45:53+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 28, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-03-28T20:59:20+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 29, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-03-29T19:01:57+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 30, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-03-30T19:01:22+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 3, 2017 Calendar.
- **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.
- **2017-04-06T18:20:05+00:00** Third reading as Special Order of Business. Carried by Lininger. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-13T18:40:15+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-13T23:13:33+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21T21:11:41+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-26T17:14:09+00:00** Chapter 021, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-04-26T17:17:15+00:00** Effective date, April 21, 2017.
- **2017-04-06T18:21:05+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Fahey.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/266d368b-9c98-43b9-b498-f55cb4d4b910`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).