---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to supervising physicians."
description: "Expands definition of \"supervising physician\" to include persons licensed to practice osteopathy or podiatry in this state for purpose of supervising physician assistants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 831"
citation: "Oregon SB 831 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-21T16:48:41+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-22T20:08:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6308a848-961c-4d72-a584-69868251631b"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB831"
source_hash: "3753572e40ab1920b99f0fc89ce27e6bab47ae7c303b3f4fca65b766329730fb"
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 831 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to supervising physicians.

Expands definition of "supervising physician" to include persons licensed to practice osteopathy or podiatry in this state for purpose of supervising physician assistants.

## 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/SB831/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB831/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB831/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB831/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Kruse. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Greenlick. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-21T16:48:41+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22T20:11:15+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-30T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-03T21:56:24+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04T17:41:20+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-05T18:17:46+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Kruse. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-06T16:32:34+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11T18:59:40+00:00** Referred to Health Care. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-03T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-10T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-12T21:28:49+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-15T16:34:42+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-16T18:59:34+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 17, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-17T19:03:22+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 18, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-18T19:01:17+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 22, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-22T19:50:17+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 23, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-23T18:38:49+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 24, 2017 Calendar.
- **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.
- **2017-06-01T18:43:16+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Greenlick. 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`
- **2017-06-22T20:00:31+00:00** Chapter 352, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-06-22T20:08:39+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/6308a848-961c-4d72-a584-69868251631b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).