republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2017-regular-session/hb-2597.md

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Bill	Relating to the offense of operating a motor vehicle while using a mobile electronic device; and declaring an emergency.	Renames offense of operating motor vehicle while using mobile communication device as offense of driving motor vehicle while using mobile electronic device. Defines "mobile electronic device." Beginning January 1, 2018, provides for suspension of execution of fine for first offense if person completes distracted driving avoidance course.	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2017 Regular Session	HB 2597	Oregon HB 2597 (2017 Regular Session)	bill		enacted	Andy Olson Ann Lininger Ginny Burdick	6	28	6	2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00	2017-08-10T22:35:10+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/5b37bd2e-f05c-4c62-8351-b0f6841b81a1	https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2597	95849584a9e7a290d6ba0aa3390d2f4d01ba560342d924e9a012f32a3e776ad5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon HB 2597 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to the offense of operating a motor vehicle while using a mobile electronic device; and declaring an emergency.

Renames offense of operating motor vehicle while using mobile communication device as offense of driving motor vehicle while using mobile electronic device. Defines "mobile electronic device." Beginning January 1, 2018, provides for suspension of execution of fine for first offense if person completes distracted driving avoidance course.

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/HB2597/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. Introduced (filed) — source
3. A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. B-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2597/Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third reading. Carried by Olson. Passed. — 46–13 (pass) · legislature
• Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — 21–8 (pass) · legislature
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 10–0 (pass) · legislature
• Heard and Reported Out — 4–0 (pass) · legislature
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 3–1 (pass) · legislature
• House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — 47–6 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Andy Olson — primary (person)
• Ann Lininger — primary (person)
• Ginny Burdick — primary (person)
• Caddy McKeown — cosponsor (person)
• Dan Rayfield — cosponsor (person)
• Jeff Barker — cosponsor (person)
• Sal Esquivel — cosponsor (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 Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2017-02-27T21:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2017-04-14T20:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2017-04-21T16:30:18+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-24T16:10:00+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2017-04-25T18:34:23+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to April 26, 2017 Calendar.
• 2017-04-26T22:15:35+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to April 27, 2017 Calendar.
• 2017-04-27T20:55:23+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to May 1, 2017 Calendar.
• 2017-05-01T19:16:01+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Olson. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2017-05-02T15:49:58+00:00 First reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2017-05-05T16:24:44+00:00 Referred to Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2017-05-24T15:16:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2017-06-01T21:16:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2017-06-06T20:17:46+00:00 Recommendation: Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Rules.
• 2017-06-06T20:17:47+00:00 Referred to Rules by order of the President. referral-committee
• 2017-06-22T20:02:00+00:00 Public Hearing and Work Session held.
• 2017-06-26T20:39:29+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-27T18:12:09+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2017-06-28T16:54:21+00:00 Carried over to 06-29 by unanimous consent.
• 2017-06-28T16:55:21+00:00 Motion to rerefer to Rules failed.
• 2017-06-29T19:16:31+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2017-06-29T19:17:31+00:00 Ferrioli declared potential conflict of interest.
• 2017-06-30T18:26:54+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
• 2017-07-05T19:29:01+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2017-07-06T16:29:45+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2017-08-02T18:41:09+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2017-08-10T22:35:10+00:00 Chapter 629, (2017 Laws): Effective date October 1, 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5b37bd2e-f05c-4c62-8351-b0f6841b81a1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).