---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the offense of failure to maintain a safe distance from a motor vehicle."
description: "Expands \"move over law\" to include any motor vehicle that is displaying warning or hazard lights or specific indications of distress."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 34"
citation: "Oregon SB 34 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-22T19:37:17+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdcf430f-5d62-4842-aa58-d7869b57d346"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB34"
source_hash: "80bef315e951d8279ad45d494963587b11183ab4610bf5bc0bb707cf4fd327bf"
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 34 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to the offense of failure to maintain a safe distance from a motor vehicle.

Expands "move over law" to include any motor vehicle that is displaying warning or hazard lights or specific indications of distress.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB34/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB34/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB34/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB34/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Olson. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **16–13** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–1** (pass) · legislature
- Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — **19–11** (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 Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14T16:17:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-02-16T16:18:03+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-16T19:14:05+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-02-21T18:18:20+00:00** Carried over to 02-23 by unanimous consent.
- **2017-02-23T19:45:53+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-27T16:34:19+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02T16:45:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-18T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-23T22:58:43+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-24T16:53:30+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-25T22:00:25+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 26, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-26T15:36:22+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 30, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-30T18:44:50+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 31, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-31T18:56:58+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 1, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-01T22:41:37+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Olson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-06T18:17:25+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
- **2017-06-07T15:13:00+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`
- **2017-06-22T19:33:15+00:00** Chapter 305, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-06-22T19:37:17+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2018.
- **2017-04-27T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cdcf430f-5d62-4842-aa58-d7869b57d346`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).