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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to road worker safety; and declaring an emergency."
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description: "Increases penalties for assault committed against flagger or highway worker who is performing official duties. Punishes by maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
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legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
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session: "2017 Regular Session"
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identifier: "HB 2721"
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citation: "Oregon HB 2721 (2017 Regular Session)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alan Olsen", "Chris Gorsek", "Chuck Thomsen", "Sherrie Sprenger", "Susan McLain"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00"
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last_action: "2017-08-18T18:19:59+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d573f76d-89d0-422f-918f-a25978653f8c"
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source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2721"
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source_hash: "e73215e1970f511abc95208e9e7aaa9983d81999a73a7c58deb179e7b7b5ed46"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-or"]
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---
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# Oregon HB 2721 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to road worker safety; and declaring an emergency.
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Increases penalties for assault committed against flagger or highway worker who is performing official duties. Punishes by maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2721/House Amendments to Introduced)
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2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2721/Introduced)
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3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2721/A-Engrossed)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2721/Enrolled)
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## Votes
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- Third reading. Carried by Thomsen. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Heard and Reported Out — **9–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Third reading. Carried by Sprenger. Passed. — **46–1** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Alan Olsen — primary (person)
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- Chris Gorsek — primary (person)
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- Chuck Thomsen — primary (person)
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- Sherrie Sprenger — primary (person)
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- Susan McLain — primary (person)
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- Jeff Barker — cosponsor (person)
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- Karin Power — cosponsor (person)
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- Kim Thatcher — cosponsor (person)
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- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul Holvey — cosponsor (person)
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- Richard Devlin — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-18T01:55:48+00:00** Referred to Judiciary with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-07T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
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- **2017-04-06T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
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- **2017-04-07T22:48:46+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-04-07T22:48:47+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-07T21:22:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Public Safety. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-12T22:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
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- **2017-06-12T22:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
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- **2017-06-16T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
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- **2017-06-20T19:24:34+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-06-21T16:06:17+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2017-06-22T21:00:00+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Sprenger. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-06-26T17:07:01+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-26T19:38:25+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-27T15:32:38+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-06-27T18:12:09+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2017-06-28T16:54:21+00:00** Carried over to 06-29 by unanimous consent.
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- **2017-06-29T19:16:24+00:00** Carried over to 06-30 by unanimous consent.
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- **2017-06-30T19:19:25+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Thomsen. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-07-05T19:29:01+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2017-07-06T16:29:45+00:00** President signed. `passage`
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- **2017-08-08T23:30:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2017-08-18T18:19:59+00:00** Chapter 658, (2017 Laws): Effective date August 8, 2017.
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- **2017-06-22T20:54:32+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 23, 2017 Calendar.
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- **2017-06-22T20:55:32+00:00** Rules suspended to allow for immediate consideration.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d573f76d-89d0-422f-918f-a25978653f8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).
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