---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to physical education; and declaring an emergency."
description: "<b>Phases in implementation of number of required minutes of physical education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 4"
citation: "Oregon SB 4 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peter Courtney"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-22T19:37:17+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7edeb7bf-97d7-4268-972e-8aa8f31e0624"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB4"
source_hash: "f44a513502c8c3c171e125921ec0ed3ad82c1a4804775c0b817c22ba69117f1b"
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 4 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to physical education; and declaring an emergency.

<b>Phases in implementation of number of required minutes of physical education.

## 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/SB4/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB4/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB4/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB4/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by President Courtney. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed. — **54–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Peter Courtney — primary (person)
- Janeen Sollman — 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 Education. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-14T21:46:00+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-17T18:23:21+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-18T18:44:08+00:00** Third reading. Carried by President Courtney. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-19T15:52:26+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-13T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-20T22:02:38+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-03T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-22T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-30T15:10:39+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-30T16:14:59+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-31T18:56:58+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 1, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-01T22:52:48+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 5, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-05T23:48:06+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **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 301, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-06-22T19:37:17+00:00** Effective date, July 1, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7edeb7bf-97d7-4268-972e-8aa8f31e0624`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).