---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to sexual abuse offenses."
description: "Provides that defendant's reasonable belief that victim consented constitutes affirmative defense in certain prosecutions for sexual abuse in the second degree and sexual abuse in the third degree."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 752"
citation: "Oregon SB 752 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-18T17:42:43+00:00"
last_action: "2021-07-07T18:23:45+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c82ff49e-4c94-4d75-af3e-5f59268bd482"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB752"
source_hash: "1f7987040de7155fc735e9a38f17958206ee0e6779258d2c7588c9952d6996f0"
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 752 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to sexual abuse offenses.

Provides that defendant's reasonable belief that victim consented constitutes affirmative defense in certain prosecutions for sexual abuse in the second degree and sexual abuse in the third degree.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB752/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB752/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **4–3** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Wilde. Passed. — **47–6** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-18T17:42:43+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22T20:55:42+00:00** Referred to Judiciary and Ballot Measure 110 Implementation. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-31T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-22T15:05:42+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-22T18:21:09+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-26T18:36:47+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-27T16:54:08+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05T02:48:30+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-25T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-28T23:57:21+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-01T18:17:57+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-02T23:12:59+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 3, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-06-03T22:49:23+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 7, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-06-07T23:41:56+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Wilde. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-09T21:12:52+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-10T18:01:12+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-23T17:39:56+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-07T17:05:39+00:00** Chapter 410, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-07-07T18:23:45+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2022.
- **2021-03-30T15:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c82ff49e-4c94-4d75-af3e-5f59268bd482`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).