---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to urban deer population control."
description: "Requires State Fish and Wildlife Commission to adopt pilot program for urban deer population control."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 373"
citation: "Oregon SB 373 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hansell", "Greg Barreto"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-22T19:44:17+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5fe8bea-bffc-4d0f-98c5-7a18a7d33cd4"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB373"
source_hash: "3110144242bf5a64b49a6756121633eac025a967a0d36a029e7f7d57558235a8"
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 373 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to urban deer population control.

Requires State Fish and Wildlife Commission to adopt pilot program for urban deer population control.

## 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/SB373/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB373/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB373/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB373/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. — **28–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bill Hansell — primary (person)
- Greg Barreto — primary (person)
- Bill Post — cosponsor (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Steiner Hayward — cosponsor (person)
- Sal Esquivel — 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 Environment and Natural Resources, then Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-30T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-04T21:54:24+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and subsequent referral to Ways and Means be rescinded. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04T21:54:25+00:00** Subsequent referral rescinded by order of the President.
- **2017-04-05T17:00:04+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-06T19:09:28+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-10T15:57:54+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11T18:59:40+00:00** Referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-20T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing cancelled.
- **2017-04-25T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-23T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-25T23:19:47+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass, and be placed on Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-26T14:59:56+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-31T18:23:16+00:00** Read third time under Consent Calendar. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-31T18:24:16+00:00** Potential conflict(s) of interest declared by Hayden.
- **2017-06-06T20:10:13+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-07T22:09:22+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-14T22:30:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-22T19:41:09+00:00** Chapter 331, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-06-22T19:44:17+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5fe8bea-bffc-4d0f-98c5-7a18a7d33cd4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).