---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the age of voter registration."
description: "Allows person who is at least 16 years of age to register to vote."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 802"
citation: "Oregon SB 802 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ann Lininger", "Elizabeth Steiner Hayward", "James Manning Jr.", "Kathleen Taylor"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-16T16:41:05+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-04T19:41:13+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e30deae3-d629-47fd-949f-7a8412faa1c3"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB802"
source_hash: "08831df7a7fec43b06bec54b5f9ca7cebf45c9a2e0d09fb035336f18c94775a6"
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 802 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to the age of voter registration.

Allows person who is at least 16 years of age to register to vote.

## 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/SB802/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB802/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. — **19–10** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–1** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Lininger. Passed. — **37–12** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–3** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ann Lininger — primary (person)
- Elizabeth Steiner Hayward — primary (person)
- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
- Kathleen Taylor — primary (person)
- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
- Arnie Roblan — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Smith Warner — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Boquist — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Rayfield — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd Prozanski — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Devlin — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Gelser — cosponsor (person)
- Sheri Malstrom — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-16T16:41:05+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-17T23:13:18+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-22T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-03-27T15:27:04+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-27T16:57:35+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-28T18:46:26+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-29T15:56:19+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-03T16:31:44+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-23T22:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-30T21:07:53+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-31T15:40:09+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-01T22:52:48+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 5, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-05T23:50:30+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 6, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-06T23:55:13+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 7, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-07T21:44:01+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 8, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-08T19:23:15+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 12, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-12T22:06:40+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Lininger. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-15T16:15:41+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-16T17:17:09+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-22T16:57:13+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-04T19:31:34+00:00** Chapter 468, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-07-04T19:41:13+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/e30deae3-d629-47fd-949f-7a8412faa1c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).