---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to peer counseling conducted by mass transit district."
description: "Provides for confidentiality of communications made in peer support counseling session conducted by mass transit district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "HB 3171"
citation: "Oregon HB 3171 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Bowman", "Ken Helm"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-02T18:23:53+00:00"
last_action: "2023-08-04T19:09:04+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/066ba1fb-1382-4f43-9e89-469304118b5f"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/HB3171"
source_hash: "fa7bded905444261cd2fcb48083b1a41df33d4d41896c532c7287d464135de57"
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 HB 3171 (2023R1) — Relating to peer counseling conducted by mass transit district.

Provides for confidentiality of communications made in peer support counseling session conducted by mass transit district.

## 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/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3171/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3171/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **10–2** (pass) · legislature
- Heard — **10–2** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Bowman. Passed. — **49–6** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed. — **20–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ben Bowman — primary (person)
- Ken Helm — primary (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02T18:23:53+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02T23:52:52+00:00** Referred to Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17T00:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-04-26T00:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-04-27T23:24:44+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-02T02:09:39+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-05-02T21:40:57+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 3, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-05-03T19:47:40+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 4, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-05-04T18:17:13+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Bowman. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-04T18:18:13+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Elmer.
- **2023-06-15T18:26:05+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-15T23:40:43+00:00** Referred to Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-20T15:12:28+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-21T00:07:02+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-22T02:43:40+00:00** Carried over to 06-22 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-06-23T01:49:10+00:00** Carried over to 06-23 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-06-23T21:46:47+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-23T21:47:47+00:00** Manning Jr, absent, granted unanimous consent to vote aye.
- **2023-06-25T23:01:27+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-27T18:54:47+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-07-27T22:17:02+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-23T21:48:47+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Smith DB.
- **2023-08-04T19:09:04+00:00** Chapter 430, (2023 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2024.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/066ba1fb-1382-4f43-9e89-469304118b5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).