---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to administrative procedures of the agency that regulates utilities."
description: "Clarifies requirements for judicial review of orders of Public Utility Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 83"
citation: "Oregon SB 83 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-22T19:37:17+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c483e0c8-b46e-415d-a858-26f613e2bd51"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB83"
source_hash: "338ee589b4a6787707260a48f5fc7d4b4a9872b5db2c8929bff95f6449b84e3d"
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 83 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to administrative procedures of the agency that regulates utilities.

Clarifies requirements for judicial review of orders of Public Utility Commission.

## 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/SB83/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB83/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB83/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB83/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Thatcher. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **11–0** (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 Business and Transportation, then Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08T23:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-02-13T23:04:36+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Judiciary by prior reference. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-13T23:04:37+00:00** Referred to Judiciary by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06T16:32:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-03-09T16:38:41+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-09T19:20:36+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-13T18:26:48+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Thatcher. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-14T15:52:53+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16T16:26:32+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-18T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-22T23:08:18+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-23T16:21:59+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-24T21:56:50+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 25, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-25T22:00:25+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 26, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-26T15:36:22+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 30, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-30T18:44:50+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 31, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-31T18:56:58+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 1, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-01T22:17:29+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-06T20:10:13+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-07T22:09:22+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-14T22:30:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-22T19:33:15+00:00** Chapter 312, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-06-22T19:37:17+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/c483e0c8-b46e-415d-a858-26f613e2bd51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).