---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to employment in a residential facility."
description: "Prohibits residential facility from employing, in publicly funded position, individual found to have committed type of abuse that is disqualifying under rules adopted by Department of Human Services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 948"
citation: "Oregon SB 948 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
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/070d61c7-4fb0-4580-b360-30f0e70a4a4a"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB948"
source_hash: "bf0f713b449163d7712cccf136911cec65eaef88fd03108f5563cf2b7a63ecc2"
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 948 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to employment in a residential facility.

Prohibits residential facility from employing, in publicly funded position, individual found to have committed type of abuse that is disqualifying under rules adopted by Department of Human Services.

## 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/SB948/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB948/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB948/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB948/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. — **55–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · legislature

## 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 Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-10T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-04-14T16:50:32+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-17T18:23:21+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-18T19:03:28+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-19T15:52:26+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-24T21:15:19+00:00** Referred to Human Services and Housing. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-04T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-18T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-24T22:52:39+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-25T16:47:08+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **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.
- **2017-06-01T22:52:48+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 5, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-05T23:31:05+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-07T15:13:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-09T19:03:51+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-16T15:30:18+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-22T20:00:31+00:00** Chapter 378, 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/070d61c7-4fb0-4580-b360-30f0e70a4a4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).