---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to vehicle dealers."
description: "Prohibits persons other than retail customers of vehicle dealer from making claim against vehicle dealer when vehicle dealer is authorized to deal exclusively in motorcycles, mopeds, Class I all-terrain vehicles or snowmobiles or any combination of those vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 974"
citation: "Oregon SB 974 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-03-02T16:31:36+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-04T20:31:05+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a8695c2-0e93-48df-a7cd-d54adf0fa80a"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB974"
source_hash: "97113517ab6e846e1df098e77e6da31a0b98c045096607dc4037599c3a9a4176"
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 974 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to vehicle dealers.

Prohibits persons other than retail customers of vehicle dealer from making claim against vehicle dealer when vehicle dealer is authorized to deal exclusively in motorcycles, mopeds, Class I all-terrain vehicles or snowmobiles or any combination of those vehicles.

## 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/SB974/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB974/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB974/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB974/B-Engrossed)
5. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB974/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB974/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Evans. Passed. — **56–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Riley. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — **28–0** (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 Business and Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-17T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-21T16:36:12+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-24T17:04:12+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-25T18:32:38+00:00** Carried over to 04-26 by unanimous consent.
- **2017-04-26T18:13:48+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Riley. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-26T18:14:48+00:00** DeBoer declared potential conflict of interest.
- **2017-04-27T16:15:40+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-28T22:28:46+00:00** Referred to Business and Labor. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-08T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-31T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-05T19:28:53+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-06T16:49:21+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-07T21:44:01+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 8, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-08T19:23:15+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 12, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-12T22:33:35+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 13, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-13T22:06:23+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 14, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-14T21:37:42+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Evans. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-22T18:11:32+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
- **2017-06-22T18:12:32+00:00** DeBoer declared potential conflict of interest.
- **2017-06-23T21:01:42+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 530, 2017 Laws.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a8695c2-0e93-48df-a7cd-d54adf0fa80a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).