---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to health terminology."
description: "Renames \"mental disease or defect\" to \"qualifying mental disorder\" in criminal and certain juvenile statutes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 64"
citation: "Oregon SB 64 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 33
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-10T19:48:19+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0d24531-2ba7-4b33-8446-a82d167691e7"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB64"
source_hash: "9e8d607fbdd2a4b21883173f410abf7350e18b90c0c8ac75fee32f3ae51f605e"
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 64 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to health terminology.

Renames "mental disease or defect" to "qualifying mental disorder" in criminal and certain juvenile statutes.

## 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/SB64/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB64/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB64/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB64/B-Engrossed)
5. **Conference Committee Amendments to B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB64/Conference Committee Amendments to B-Engrossed)
6. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB64/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB64/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Greenlick. Passed. — **52–4** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **19–10** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate adopted Conference Committee Report and repassed bill. — **20–7** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **3–2** (pass) · legislature
- Repassed. — **50–6** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **10–0** (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`
- **2017-02-13T16:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-19T22:26:35+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-20T18:35:14+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-06T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-24T18:25:36+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-24T18:26:36+00:00** Boquist, excused, granted unanimous consent to vote nay .
- **2017-04-25T16:21:25+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-27T21:04:55+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-30T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-06T21:41:21+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-07T16:23:52+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-08T19:23:15+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 12, 2017 Calendar.
- **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.
- **2017-06-14T21:40:43+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Greenlick. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-19T18:23:14+00:00** Motion to refuse to concur in House amendments carried by voice vote.
- **2017-06-20T18:24:00+00:00** Senators Dembrow, Prozanski, Thatcher appointed Senate conferees.
- **2017-06-22T18:25:00+00:00** Representatives Barker, Greenlick, Vial appointed House conferees.
- **2017-06-27T16:47:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-28T21:55:57+00:00** Conference Committee Recommendation: The Senate concur in House amendments dated 06-06 and B-Engrossed bill be further amended and repassed.
- **2017-06-29T16:22:54+00:00** Conference Committee Report read in House.
- **2017-06-30T18:41:49+00:00** Senate adopted Conference Committee Report and repassed bill.
- **2017-06-30T18:42:49+00:00** Linthicum granted unanimous consent to change vote from aye to nay.
- **2017-07-01T16:44:42+00:00** House adopted Conference Committee Report.
- **2017-07-01T16:45:08+00:00** Repassed.
- **2017-07-03T19:20:23+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-05T19:29:01+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-08T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-08-02T16:48:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-10T19:45:50+00:00** Chapter 634, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-08-10T19:48:19+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/b0d24531-2ba7-4b33-8446-a82d167691e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).