---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to alternate jurors."
description: "<b>Provides that court has discretion over selection of alternate jurors and when alternate jurors are informed of alternate status.</b> Authorizes court<b>, with prior agreement of parties,</b> to replace discharged juror with alternate juror in either guilt or sentencing phase of criminal case after jury begins deliberations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 931"
citation: "Oregon SB 931 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Floyd Prozanski"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-03-02T16:31:36+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-22T20:08:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6181dd2-8cc5-4844-90e4-b48123e6bcb9"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB931"
source_hash: "6c0756bb6708704710f9cace058d5a8484b011d07a4b6cf79c9d26ceccbcc06c"
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 931 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to alternate jurors.

<b>Provides that court has discretion over selection of alternate jurors and when alternate jurors are informed of alternate status.</b> Authorizes court<b>, with prior agreement of parties,</b> to replace discharged juror with alternate juror in either guilt or sentencing phase of criminal case after jury begins deliberations.

## 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/SB931/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB931/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB931/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB931/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Barker. Passed. — **55–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **11–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Floyd Prozanski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-02T16:31:36+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-03T23:50:22+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-18T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-25T16:13:10+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26T18:13:37+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-27T19:03:54+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-01T16:25:52+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-02T19:10:43+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-15T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-17T20:45:04+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-18T16:42:58+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **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.
- **2017-06-01T22:00:37+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Barker. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-07T15:13:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-09T19:03:51+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-14T22:30:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-22T20:00:31+00:00** Chapter 359, 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/c6181dd2-8cc5-4844-90e4-b48123e6bcb9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).