republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2017-regular-session/hb-3253.md

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Bill	Relating to persons who are blind; and prescribing an effective date.	Requires state agencies, departments and political subdivisions to grant to persons who are blind priority to establish and operate vending facilities in public buildings <b>and preference to operate cafeterias in public buildings and vending facilities in community colleges</b>. Clarifies that state agencies, departments and political subdivisions shall procure certain services from Commission for the Blind. Requires commission to collect percentage of net proceeds earned by vending facility and use moneys collected for specified purposes. Allows vendor who is blind to enter into agreement with subcontractor, approved by commission, to operate vending facility. Requires commission to submit annual report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly.	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2017 Regular Session	HB 3253	Oregon HB 3253 (2017 Regular Session)	bill		enacted		6	24	6	2017-03-02T17:07:55+00:00	2017-08-18T18:00:20+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/55cab6c9-e561-4ffa-9a04-7069bf54b343	https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB3253	179f323101b0624dd53d8fab7f114289a2dab36403158cf4981878d51be29c36	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon HB 3253 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to persons who are blind; and prescribing an effective date.

Requires state agencies, departments and political subdivisions to grant to persons who are blind priority to establish and operate vending facilities in public buildings and preference to operate cafeterias in public buildings and vending facilities in community colleges. Clarifies that state agencies, departments and political subdivisions shall procure certain services from Commission for the Blind. Requires commission to collect percentage of net proceeds earned by vending facility and use moneys collected for specified purposes. Allows vendor who is blind to enter into agreement with subcontractor, approved by commission, to operate vending facility. Requires commission to submit annual report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly.

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/HB3253/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/HB3253/Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 8–0 (pass) · legislature
• Third reading. Carried by Keny-Guyer, Hack. Passed. — 57–0 (pass) · legislature
• Heard and Reported Out — 9–0 (pass) · legislature
• Third reading. Carried by Ferrioli. Passed. — 29–0 (pass) · legislature
• Heard and Reported Out — 5–0 (pass) · legislature
• House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — 59–0 (pass) · legislature

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-02T17:07:55+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2017-03-10T00:02:08+00:00 Referred to Human Services and Housing. referral-committee
• 2017-04-07T00:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2017-04-18T15:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2017-04-24T22:36:59+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass and be referred to Rules. committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-24T22:37:00+00:00 Referred to Rules by order of Speaker. referral-committee
• 2017-05-11T21:01:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2017-05-16T22:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2017-05-22T20:29:03+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-05-23T16:21:59+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2017-05-24T18:37:37+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Keny-Guyer, Hack. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2017-05-25T16:20:07+00:00 First reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2017-05-30T15:47:00+00:00 Referred to Rules. referral-committee
• 2017-06-07T20:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2017-06-28T20:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2017-06-30T15:31:22+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-07-01T17:30:43+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2017-07-03T21:58:41+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Ferrioli. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2017-07-03T21:59:41+00:00 Gelser, granted unanimous consent to change vote to aye.
• 2017-07-06T20:40:32+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
• 2017-07-10T21:30:00+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2017-07-18T18:09:30+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2017-08-15T19:02:00+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2017-08-18T18:00:20+00:00 Chapter 717, (2017 Laws): Effective date October 6, 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/55cab6c9-e561-4ffa-9a04-7069bf54b343. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).