---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to cannabis; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Authorizes local governments to allow medical marijuana dispensaries and marijuana retailers licensed by Oregon Liquor Control Commission to be located within certain distance of schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 319"
citation: "Oregon SB 319 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Floyd Prozanski"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-22T21:35:10+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b68f94cb-40d8-49ba-98a8-bb625e20a765"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB319"
source_hash: "5f09b4d8631730e682ae0df88d12dbf103d2b3a0418a2312dbf182d85b846784"
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 319 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to cannabis; and declaring an emergency.

Authorizes local governments to allow medical marijuana dispensaries and marijuana retailers licensed by Oregon Liquor Control Commission to be located within certain distance of schools.

## 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/SB319/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB319/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Fahey. Passed. — **54–4** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Floyd Prozanski — 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 Marijuana Regulation. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15T01:32:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-02-21T16:26:05+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-21T18:18:20+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-02-23T20:03:29+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-23T20:04:29+00:00** Thomsen granted unanimous consent to change vote from nay to aye.
- **2017-02-27T16:34:19+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-03T16:32:53+00:00** Referred to Marijuana Regulation. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07T23:30:08+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-08T17:00:46+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-09T19:45:30+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 13, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-03-13T18:39:40+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Fahey. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-14T23:05:35+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-03-16T16:04:21+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-03-20T16:57:34+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-22T21:34:20+00:00** Chapter 007, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-03-22T21:35:10+00:00** Effective date, March 20, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b68f94cb-40d8-49ba-98a8-bb625e20a765`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).