---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to licensing fees paid to the Oregon Health Authority."
description: "Modifies licensing fees paid to Oregon Health Authority by in-home care agencies and hospice providers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 53"
citation: "Oregon SB 53 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-19T16:52:48+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c12ef803-d9c2-4521-a4dc-4062ba2b0b9d"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB53"
source_hash: "a49f0d550a59e2815dadde9b22c2fb5467efb8725bd642e9100807168d4c21f8"
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 53 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to licensing fees paid to the Oregon Health Authority.

Modifies licensing fees paid to Oregon Health Authority by in-home care agencies and hospice providers.

## 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/SB53/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB53/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB53/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB53/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **44–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Hayden. Passed. — **55–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. — **24–3** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **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 Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-10T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-14T16:49:13+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-14T16:49:14+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-24T22:03:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-07T15:33:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2017-06-07T15:32:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-06-13T19:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-15T15:20:18+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-15T18:16:26+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-19T18:49:22+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-20T16:03:14+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21T19:30:28+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-22T18:57:05+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-22T20:08:09+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-23T20:45:41+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 26, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-26T23:43:25+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hayden. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-28T22:54:32+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-30T16:43:25+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-06T18:01:25+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-19T16:50:38+00:00** Chapter 559, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-07-19T16:52:48+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/c12ef803-d9c2-4521-a4dc-4062ba2b0b9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).