---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to inmate trust account moneys; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Authorizes Department of Corrections to collect portion of certain moneys in inmate trust account for transitional fund and payment of court-ordered financial obligations. Directs Department of Justice and Judicial Department to provide Department of Corrections with accounting of court-ordered financial obligations. Specifies procedures for collection and disbursement of moneys and prioritization of payments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 844"
citation: "Oregon SB 844 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-23T16:54:53+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-11T22:35:09+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84639ec6-341f-456e-a45b-55728e915c48"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB844"
source_hash: "e4d1cd2208282450a52ed9c0cade7d704f77444f1453c2506f431f8784f1df16"
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 844 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to inmate trust account moneys; and declaring an emergency.

Authorizes Department of Corrections to collect portion of certain moneys in inmate trust account for transitional fund and payment of court-ordered financial obligations. Directs Department of Justice and Judicial Department to provide Department of Corrections with accounting of court-ordered financial obligations. Specifies procedures for collection and disbursement of moneys and prioritization of payments.

## 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/SB844/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB844/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB844/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB844/B-Engrossed)
5. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB844/Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB844/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Barker. Passed. — **56–3** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **3–2** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Winters. Passed. — **26–3** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-23T16:54:53+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-27T22:44:05+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-14T16:50:15+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-14T16:50:16+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-12T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-07T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-06-05T22:27:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-26T22:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2017-06-26T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-28T19:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-30T15:31:09+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-01T16:35:04+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-03T21:40:30+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Winters. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-05T15:25:47+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-06T01:38:39+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-06T21:55:12+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-06T23:26:45+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-07T19:34:18+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Barker. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-18T20:42:13+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-18T20:45:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-08-08T23:13:02+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-11T22:32:47+00:00** Chapter 692, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-08-11T22:35:09+00:00** Effective date, August 8, 2017.
- **2017-04-11T15:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84639ec6-341f-456e-a45b-55728e915c48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).