---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to administration of the Oregon State Bar; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Changes title of executive director of Oregon State Bar to chief executive officer of Oregon State Bar."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 490"
citation: "Oregon SB 490 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-24T20:00:17+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75a54e0f-9ece-4012-b59e-56e6b5ddaf0f"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB490"
source_hash: "d4dde6893ba7a259c31b4b08ba9e89817cf741dce16cbafe828a1259ee85c799"
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 490 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to administration of the Oregon State Bar; and declaring an emergency.

Changes title of executive director of Oregon State Bar to chief executive officer of Oregon State Bar.

## 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/SB490/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB490/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Williamson. Passed. — **60–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **21–7** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (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`
- **2017-02-07T16:32:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-02-09T16:43:32+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-09T18:23:38+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-02-14T19:29:33+00:00** Carried over to 02-16 by unanimous consent.
- **2017-02-16T19:14:05+00:00** Carried over to 02-21 by unanimous consent.
- **2017-02-21T19:19:03+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-22T17:40:47+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23T00:09:35+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-24T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-04-26T21:13:29+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-27T16:51:52+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-01T19:19:14+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 2, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-02T23:02:34+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 3, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-03T18:09:08+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 4, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-04T18:53:06+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Williamson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-09T18:48:15+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-10T20:02:13+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-17T16:44:34+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-24T19:57:56+00:00** Chapter 094, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-05-24T20:00:17+00:00** Effective date, May 17, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75a54e0f-9ece-4012-b59e-56e6b5ddaf0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).