---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to judicial marshals; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Provides that judicial marshal certified by Department of Public Safety Standards and Training qualifies as police officer under Public Employees Retirement System."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 297"
citation: "Oregon SB 297 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bdaafa7-283d-455c-bf7b-7d1fccbc0bac"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB297"
source_hash: "33053ab8d104aea95c329e2d3d281e0967b46ca0f9da6bd32564b85f780bfea0"
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 297 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to judicial marshals; and prescribing an effective date.

Provides that judicial marshal certified by Department of Public Safety Standards and Training qualifies as police officer under Public Employees Retirement System.

## 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/SB297/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB297/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Lewis. Passed. — **57–3** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **25–1** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–3** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19T19:35:42+00:00** Referred to Judiciary and Ballot Measure 110 Implementation. `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-02-04T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-03-03T16:40:51+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03T17:12:46+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-04T20:26:05+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-08T18:22:50+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-04T20:27:05+00:00** Vote explanation filed by Heard.
- **2021-03-10T03:33:25+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29T20:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-11T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-17T18:29:00+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-18T20:00:12+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-19T20:01:06+00:00** Carried over to May 20, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-05-20T19:12:46+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 24, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-05-24T19:05:06+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Lewis. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-26T19:25:37+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-05-27T18:31:21+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-03T19:08:52+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-10T18:23:55+00:00** Chapter 173, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Effective date, September 25, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9bdaafa7-283d-455c-bf7b-7d1fccbc0bac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).