---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to cannabis; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Permits Oregon Liquor Control Commission to restrict, suspend or refuse to renew cannabis-related license if probable cause exists for commission to conclude licensee engaged in cannabis-related activity in manner not permitted by licensee's license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 56"
citation: "Oregon SB 56 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-04T19:41:13+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/194c7475-8e8c-41cc-a562-c9df1d4da0f6"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB56"
source_hash: "acafc96a0a08d93c05616504c5eff76f788b112f1121f8f15c2b87653f56d83e"
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 56 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to cannabis; and declaring an emergency.

Permits Oregon Liquor Control Commission to restrict, suspend or refuse to renew cannabis-related license if probable cause exists for commission to conclude licensee engaged in cannabis-related activity in manner not permitted by licensee's license.

## 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/SB56/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB56/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB56/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB56/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Fahey. Passed. — **45–14** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Burdick, Ferrioli. Passed. — **22–8** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **18–0** (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 Marijuana Regulation. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-24T00:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-31T00:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-06-07T00:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-06-12T15:57:01+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to resolve conflicts. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-13T17:05:31+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-14T18:23:15+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Burdick, Ferrioli. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-15T16:40:36+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-16T16:36:21+00:00** Referred to Marijuana Regulation. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-19T16:21:21+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-19T16:23:32+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-20T21:58:55+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Fahey. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-21T15:20:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-22T19:00:17+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-23T21:20:15+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-04T19:31:34+00:00** Chapter 476, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-07-04T19:41:13+00:00** Effective date, June 23, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/194c7475-8e8c-41cc-a562-c9df1d4da0f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).