---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to charitable checkoffs; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Adds Oregon Volunteer Firefighters Association to list of entities eligible for individual income tax return checkoff contribution.<b> Provides conditions for use of contributions.</b>"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 378"
citation: "Oregon SB 378 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Olsen", "Arnie Roblan", "Bill Hansell", "Chuck Riley", "Chuck Thomsen", "Dennis Linthicum", "Floyd Prozanski", "Jackie Winters", "James Manning Jr.", "Peter Courtney", "Rod Monroe"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-04T19:58:53+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3eeb30be-15ed-488b-82e0-f24e27c54699"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB378"
source_hash: "eab102d764e7677f282109f6194cd3bd763cfdabd4551262d5b65930711f4c12"
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 378 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to charitable checkoffs; and prescribing an effective date.

Adds Oregon Volunteer Firefighters Association to list of entities eligible for individual income tax return checkoff contribution.<b> Provides conditions for use of contributions.</b>

## 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/SB378/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB378/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB378/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB378/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading as Special Order of Business. Carried by Boone. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Alan Olsen — primary (person)
- Arnie Roblan — primary (person)
- Bill Hansell — primary (person)
- Chuck Riley — primary (person)
- Chuck Thomsen — primary (person)
- Dennis Linthicum — primary (person)
- Floyd Prozanski — primary (person)
- Jackie Winters — primary (person)
- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
- Peter Courtney — primary (person)
- Rod Monroe — primary (person)
- A. Richard Vial — cosponsor (person)
- Alan DeBoer — cosponsor (person)
- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
- Andy Olson — cosponsor (person)
- Ann Lininger — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Smith Warner — cosponsor (person)
- Betsy Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Kennemer — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Post — cosponsor (person)
- Brad Witt — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Boquist — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Clem — cosponsor (person)
- Caddy McKeown — cosponsor (person)
- Carl Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Carla Piluso — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Gorsek — cosponsor (person)
- Cliff Bentz — cosponsor (person)
- Dallas Heard — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Rayfield — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah Boone — cosponsor (person)
- Diego Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Duane Stark — cosponsor (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Steiner Hayward — cosponsor (person)
- Fred Girod — cosponsor (person)
- Gene Whisnant — cosponsor (person)
- Ginny Burdick — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Barreto — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Herman Baertschiger Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Kruse — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Williamson — cosponsor (person)
- Jodi Hack — cosponsor (person)
- John Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- John Lively — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Parrish — cosponsor (person)
- Karin Power — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Helm — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Thatcher — cosponsor (person)
- Knute Buehler — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Monnes Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Lee Beyer — cosponsor (person)
- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Doherty — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Hass — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
- Mike McLane — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nearman — cosponsor (person)
- Mitch Greenlick — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Nathanson — cosponsor (person)
- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Devlin — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Sal Esquivel — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Gelser — cosponsor (person)
- Sheri Malstrom — cosponsor (person)
- Sherrie Sprenger — cosponsor (person)
- Susan McLain — cosponsor (person)
- Tawna Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Ted Ferrioli — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Knopp — 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 Finance and Revenue. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-24T15:31:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-24T16:22:55+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-24T17:04:12+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-25T19:09:53+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-25T19:10:53+00:00** Thomsen declared potential conflict of interest.
- **2017-04-26T16:16:05+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-01T16:44:35+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-06T22:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-06-08T21:30:03+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-12T17:17:02+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-13T18:18:38+00:00** Third reading as Special Order of Business. Carried by Boone. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-15T18:21:05+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
- **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`
- **2017-07-04T19:56:17+00:00** Effective date, October 6, 2017.
- **2017-07-04T19:58:53+00:00** Chapter 487, 2017 Laws.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3eeb30be-15ed-488b-82e0-f24e27c54699`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).