---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the offense of passing in a no passing zone."
description: "Modifies offense of passing in no passing zone. Clarifies that term \"obstruction\" includes person riding bicycle or operating another type of vehicle."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "SB 895"
citation: "Oregon SB 895 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Floyd Prozanski", "Tom Andersen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-13T19:21:07+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-14T18:56:36+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04233129-7245-47b8-bd60-31e544b6cdc1"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/SB895"
source_hash: "549bb3620f08e1460cf33e4f1557cec6f60bae8287eb05107792c444a49c6d32"
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 895 (2023R1) — Relating to the offense of passing in a no passing zone.

Modifies offense of passing in no passing zone. Clarifies that term "obstruction" includes person riding bicycle or operating another type of vehicle.

## 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/SB895/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB895/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Read third time under Consent Calendar. Passed. — **54–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Floyd Prozanski — primary (person)
- Tom Andersen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-13T19:21:07+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T00:45:52+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-03-20T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-03-27T16:23:00+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27T17:34:50+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-28T19:10:40+00:00** Carried over to 03-29 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-03-29T20:10:13+00:00** Carried over to 03-30 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-03-30T19:25:50+00:00** Carried over to 04-03 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-04-03T17:34:01+00:00** Carried over to 04-04 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-04-04T19:01:00+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T17:24:48+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-07T16:22:53+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-09T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-05-15T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-05-16T22:31:22+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-17T19:46:43+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-05-18T19:29:13+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 22, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-05-22T18:59:57+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 23, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-05-23T21:17:55+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 24, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-05-24T19:06:38+00:00** Rules suspended, taken from 05-24 Calendar and placed on Consent Calendar for 05-25.
- **2023-05-25T18:45:18+00:00** Read third time under Consent Calendar. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-31T18:07:56+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-01T17:16:39+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-07T18:25:15+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-14T18:51:29+00:00** Chapter 194, 2023 Laws.
- **2023-06-14T18:56:36+00:00** 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/04233129-7245-47b8-bd60-31e544b6cdc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).