republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2017-regular-session/hb-2500.md

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Bill	Relating to mandated training for Department of Human Services caseworkers.	Directs Department of Human Services<b>, in consultation with Department of Justice,</b> to develop and implement training and continuing education curriculum for caseworkers that informs and instructs caseworkers on their roles in juvenile dependency proceedings. Requires curriculum to include presentations by Department of Justice attorneys and to address circumstances under which caseworker may be engaging in unlicensed practice of law. Requires continuing education for caseworkers every four years.	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2017 Regular Session	HB 2500	Oregon HB 2500 (2017 Regular Session)	bill		enacted	Arnie Roblan David Brock Smith Duane Stark	4	21	4	2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00	2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/742025c1-2298-4f9d-ae58-f2d0da0b6cc1	https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2500	42aaa91204f9cb76ba4f296625124357e99a1e14adfe7a97dd42321b8579e77a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon HB 2500 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to mandated training for Department of Human Services caseworkers.

Directs Department of Human Services, in consultation with Department of Justice, to develop and implement training and continuing education curriculum for caseworkers that informs and instructs caseworkers on their roles in juvenile dependency proceedings. Requires curriculum to include presentations by Department of Justice attorneys and to address circumstances under which caseworker may be engaging in unlicensed practice of law. Requires continuing education for caseworkers every four years.

Version chain

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

1. House Amendments to Introduced (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2500/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. Introduced (filed) — source
3. A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. — 27–1 (pass) · legislature
• Third reading. Carried by Stark. Passed. — 59–0 (pass) · legislature
• Heard and Reported Out — 5–0 (pass) · legislature
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 8–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Arnie Roblan — primary (person)
• David Brock Smith — primary (person)
• Duane Stark — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2017-01-18T01:55:48+00:00 Referred to Human Services and Housing with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2017-02-09T16:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2017-02-16T16:01:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2017-04-06T15:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2017-04-12T22:13:09+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and subsequent referral to Ways and Means be rescinded. committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-12T22:13:10+00:00 Subsequent referral to Ways and Means rescinded by order of the Speaker.
• 2017-04-13T16:46:56+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2017-04-17T18:26:35+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to April 18, 2017 Calendar.
• 2017-04-18T18:43:15+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to April 19, 2017 Calendar.
• 2017-04-19T18:34:14+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Stark. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2017-04-20T16:51:33+00:00 First reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2017-04-24T16:09:00+00:00 Referred to Human Services. referral-committee
• 2017-05-08T20:02:00+00:00 Public Hearing and Work Session held.
• 2017-05-15T15:26:28+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-05-15T17:52:36+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2017-05-16T18:59:18+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2017-05-19T00:17:40+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2017-05-22T16:07:02+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2017-05-25T16:37:15+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00 Chapter 159, (2017 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/742025c1-2298-4f9d-ae58-f2d0da0b6cc1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).