republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2017-regular-session/sb-231.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to mental health issues in higher education; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Establishes Task Force on Student Mental Health Support. Directs task force to investigate mental health issues and substance abuse disorders among students, with emphasis on college recruitment, retention and completion<b> and how issues and disorders differ across different communities in this state</b>."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 231"
citation: "Oregon SB 231 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul Evans", "Sara Gelser"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-10T19:48:19+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef0c6a44-0634-42da-a238-d5384dcfb98e"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB231"
source_hash: "9b6072336b081d36629f50c365860f36aa6f3a778eb5394ace9e7ad85c8d73c4"
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 231 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to mental health issues in higher education; and prescribing an effective date.

Establishes Task Force on Student Mental Health Support. Directs task force to investigate mental health issues and substance abuse disorders among students, with emphasis on college recruitment, retention and completion<b> and how issues and disorders differ across different communities in this state</b>.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB231/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB231/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB231/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB231/B-Engrossed)
5. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB231/Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB231/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Evans. Passed. — **59–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Paul Evans — primary (person)
- Sara Gelser — primary (person)
- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Monnes Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Noble — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-17T16:06:43+00:00** Referred to Human Services, then General Government and Accountability, then Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-20T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-03-23T15:30:34+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to General Government and Accountability and then Ways and Means by prior reference. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-23T15:30:35+00:00** Referred to General Government and Accountability, then Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-03T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-10T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-11T22:00:32+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
- **2017-04-11T22:00:33+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-18T21:52:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Education. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-22T15:33:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2017-06-22T15:32:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-06-28T19:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-29T22:47:06+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-30T19:36:49+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-01T17:18:45+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-01T17:44:05+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-01T22:08:55+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-05T18:24:45+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-05T18:29:51+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-06T23:13:29+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Evans. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-18T17:41:32+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-18T18:05:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-08-02T16:48:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-10T19:45:50+00:00** Chapter 643, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-08-10T19:48:19+00:00** Effective date, October 6, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef0c6a44-0634-42da-a238-d5384dcfb98e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).