---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to recognition of recipients of the Purple Heart award."
description: "Designates August 7 of each year as Oregon Purple Heart Recognition Day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 993"
citation: "Oregon SB 993 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Boquist", "Tim Knopp"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
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/856b79de-be8c-48a3-9731-94c67d8b9774"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB993"
source_hash: "1c6a7805f4112a1bd2a415ce499c253cd1f9fd3b43fa66e1ee864773b6beb87c"
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 993 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to recognition of recipients of the Purple Heart award.

Designates August 7 of each year as Oregon Purple Heart Recognition Day.

## 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/SB993/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB993/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Olsen. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Lively. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Brian Boquist — primary (person)
- Tim Knopp — primary (person)
- Alan Olsen — cosponsor (person)
- Andy Olson — cosponsor (person)
- Betsy Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Hansell — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Kennemer — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Post — cosponsor (person)
- Brad Witt — cosponsor (person)
- Carl Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Dallas Heard — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Steiner Hayward — cosponsor (person)
- Gene Whisnant — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Barreto — cosponsor (person)
- Herman Baertschiger Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jackie Winters — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- John Lively — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Parrish — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Monnes Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Lee Beyer — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Devlin — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Sal Esquivel — cosponsor (person)
- Sherrie Sprenger — cosponsor (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 Veterans and Emergency Preparedness. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-04T22:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-04-10T15:21:24+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10T19:27:47+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-11T18:44:15+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Olsen. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-12T16:05:22+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-18T23:55:56+00:00** Referred to Veterans and Emergency Preparedness. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-11T22:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-15T23:37:02+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-16T15:32:13+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-17T19:03:22+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 18, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-18T19:01:17+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 22, 2017 Calendar.
- **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.
- **2017-06-01T21:31:29+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Lively. 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 366, 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/856b79de-be8c-48a3-9731-94c67d8b9774`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).