---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to court records; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Eliminates obsolete terms and procedures in statutes relating to court records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 489"
citation: "Oregon SB 489 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-16T17:01:55+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43468016-755c-41ab-88f0-a621ff9a525a"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB489"
source_hash: "a9b16e3734fd58e303b52a99c0fe1519a603a5b222a86c7730fc0fc2e96e07e5"
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 489 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to court records; and declaring an emergency.

Eliminates obsolete terms and procedures in statutes relating to court records.

## 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/SB489/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB489/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Linthicum. Passed. — **25–4** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. — **57–0** (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`
- **2017-02-01T16:32:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-02-07T16:43:53+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-07T18:23:23+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-02-09T19:53:10+00:00** Carried over to 02-14 by unanimous consent.
- **2017-02-14T19:45:11+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Linthicum. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-15T17:21:56+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-20T22:26:21+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-01T23:02:44+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-02T16:09:16+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-03T18:09:08+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 4, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-04T18:52:26+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 8, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-08T18:53:29+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 9, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-09T19:02:58+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 10, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-10T18:40:48+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 11, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-11T18:49:48+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 15, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-15T19:01:17+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 16, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-16T18:59:34+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 17, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-17T19:03:22+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 18, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-18T19:01:17+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 22, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-22T19:50:17+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 23, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-23T18:38:49+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 24, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-24T18:54:43+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-30T15:26:18+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-30T23:23:35+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-06T19:26:14+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-16T16:55:33+00:00** Chapter 252, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-06-16T17:01:55+00:00** Effective date, June 6, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43468016-755c-41ab-88f0-a621ff9a525a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).