---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to unlawful use of a global positioning system device."
description: "Creates crime of unlawful use of a global positioning system device. Punishes by maximum of one year's imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both, or, if person at time of offense has certain previous convictions or is subject of certain court orders, five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 483"
citation: "Oregon SB 483 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Floyd Prozanski"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-10T19:48:19+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0302b057-af5a-4a11-99a5-d561de4aea25"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB483"
source_hash: "0bfc072952a971217f94f1d2e8f8d2a58b221c6eeefa22cd46bfe5e7b1b08609"
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 483 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to unlawful use of a global positioning system device.

Creates crime of unlawful use of a global positioning system device. Punishes by maximum of one year's imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both, or, if person at time of offense has certain previous convictions or is subject of certain court orders, five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both.

## 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/SB483/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB483/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB483/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB483/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Barker. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Floyd Prozanski — primary (person)
- James Manning Jr. — 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 Judiciary, then Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-13T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-26T15:25:25+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26T15:25:26+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-12T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-06-07T00:10:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21T22:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2017-06-21T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-23T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-27T15:32:28+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-27T18:12:09+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-28T18:17:34+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-28T18:43:32+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-29T15:23:47+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-30T17:14:18+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-30T17:19:31+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-01T21:44:01+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to July 5, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-07-06T03:10:18+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to July 6, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-07-06T21:27:20+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Barker. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-07T17:48:33+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-10T21:30:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-08-02T16:48:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-10T19:45:50+00:00** Chapter 649, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-08-10T19:48:19+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/0302b057-af5a-4a11-99a5-d561de4aea25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).