---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to regulation of attorneys; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Directs Supreme Court to appoint state professional responsibility board. Eliminates local professional responsibility committees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 491"
citation: "Oregon SB 491 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-04T20:31:05+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efc58c45-902c-4d41-9bf5-6d7753edb701"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB491"
source_hash: "3227606e845d1a1a117b98f545845ce78bc43e76e04fa7d2c3af9d541addca4b"
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 491 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to regulation of attorneys; and declaring an emergency.

Directs Supreme Court to appoint state professional responsibility board. Eliminates local professional responsibility committees.

## 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/SB491/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB491/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB491/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB491/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — **26–4** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third Reading. Motion to refer to Judiciary carried. Referred. — **60–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **22–6** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Williamson. Passed. — **56–0** (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.
- **2017-02-09T16:43:33+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.
- **2017-02-21T19:23:44+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.
- **2017-04-26T21:13:30+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.
- **2017-05-04T18:55:11+00:00** Third Reading. Motion to refer to Judiciary carried. Referred.
- **2017-05-16T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-18T21:23:38+00:00** Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Rules.
- **2017-05-18T21:23:39+00:00** Referred to Rules by order of Speaker. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-06T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-08T21:30:04+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-12T22:33:35+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 13, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-13T22:06:23+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 14, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-14T21:12:19+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 15, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-15T18:02:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 19, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-19T18:38:15+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Williamson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-21T18:40:22+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
- **2017-06-23T20:02:48+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-26T21:45:53+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-29T22:16:46+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-04T20:04:50+00:00** Effective date, June 29, 2017.
- **2017-07-04T20:31:05+00:00** Chapter 524, 2017 Laws.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/efc58c45-902c-4d41-9bf5-6d7753edb701`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).