---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to criminal appeals."
description: "Defines terms related to appeals. Separates provisions relating to appealability from provisions relating to reviewability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 896"
citation: "Oregon SB 896 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-28T16:34:27+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-04T20:31:05+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bfafd5a-956f-4686-92f9-bf2ba5b82254"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB896"
source_hash: "15e6c70d892db8fb36ac0a2339564bbbb1d318a0eb0be8da413045b1a2cd21f3"
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 896 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to criminal appeals.

Defines terms related to appeals. Separates provisions relating to appealability from provisions relating to reviewability.

## 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/SB896/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB896/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Barker. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-28T16:34:27+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02T21:43:18+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-13T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-01T22:11:47+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-01T22:11:48+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-26T23:33:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-05T22:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2017-06-05T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-06-09T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-13T15:24:22+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-13T17:05:31+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-14T18:29:11+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-15T16:40:36+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-16T16:36:21+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-19T17:12:57+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-19T17:18:12+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-20T21:58:29+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 21, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-21T18:45:11+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Barker. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-23T20:02:48+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-26T21:45:53+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-29T22:16:46+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-04T20:04:50+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2018.
- **2017-07-04T20:31:05+00:00** Chapter 529, 2017 Laws.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8bfafd5a-956f-4686-92f9-bf2ba5b82254`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).