---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to public meetings."
description: "Expands where state, county or city public bodies may hold public meetings to include locations within Indian country of federally recognized Oregon Indian tribe that is within Oregon."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 317"
citation: "Oregon SB 317 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Boquist"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-04T20:31:05+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca64c820-f8c1-4f26-a4f5-8d4f6c0a5343"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB317"
source_hash: "f67a4d7a3c581298a5420bb1f694939f2506652771ef5fd40ae0459bc4bd26f1"
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 317 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to public meetings.

Expands where state, county or city public bodies may hold public meetings to include locations within Indian country of federally recognized Oregon Indian tribe that is within Oregon.

## 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/SB317/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB317/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB317/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB317/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Williamson. Passed. — **56–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Brian Boquist — 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 General Government and Accountability. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-12T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-17T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-24T15:35:54+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-25T18:32:38+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-26T19:23:50+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-27T16:15:40+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-28T22:28:46+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-30T22:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-06-05T21:42:06+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-06T16:49:21+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-07T21:44:01+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 8, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-08T19:23:15+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 12, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-12T22:33:35+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 13, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-13T22:06:23+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 14, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-14T21:28:11+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Williamson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-19T21:39:10+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-20T20:38:40+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-27T21:18:02+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-04T20:04:50+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2018.
- **2017-07-04T20:31:05+00:00** Chapter 482, 2017 Laws.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca64c820-f8c1-4f26-a4f5-8d4f6c0a5343`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).