republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2017-regular-session/sb-250.md

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Bill	Relating to affirmative defenses for trafficking victims.	Creates affirmative defense to crime of prostitution if, at time of alleged offense, defendant was victim of certain trafficking crimes.	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2017 Regular Session	SB 250	Oregon SB 250 (2017 Regular Session)	bill		enacted	John Huffman Kathleen Taylor Sara Gelser Tim Knopp	2	28	4	2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00	2017-06-16T17:01:55+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/60ef59c8-7383-456f-ba38-6bb75dc82e1e	https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB250	c5d8a51c764896b9130d98e7ae1dafd53741c6c1ecf44dd1fe4224e5f6edbf6f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon SB 250 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to affirmative defenses for trafficking victims.

Creates affirmative defense to crime of prostitution if, at time of alleged offense, defendant was victim of certain trafficking crimes.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Heard and Reported Out — 10–0 (pass) · legislature
• Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. — 30–0 (pass) · legislature
• Third reading. Carried by Stark. Passed. — 54–0 (pass) · legislature
• Heard and Reported Out — 5–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• John Huffman — primary (person)
• Kathleen Taylor — primary (person)
• Sara Gelser — primary (person)
• Tim Knopp — primary (person)
• A. Richard Vial — cosponsor (person)
• Bill Kennemer — cosponsor (person)
• Duane Stark — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth Steiner Hayward — cosponsor (person)
• Gene Whisnant — cosponsor (person)
• James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer Williamson — cosponsor (person)
• Kim Thatcher — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Dembrow — 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 Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2017-02-15T16:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2017-03-29T15:01:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2017-04-04T15:29:48+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-04T17:41:20+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2017-04-05T18:13:57+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2017-04-06T16:32:34+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2017-04-06T23:23:40+00:00 Referred to Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2017-04-26T20:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing and Work Session cancelled.
• 2017-05-03T20:02:00+00:00 Public Hearing and Work Session held.
• 2017-05-08T23:34:07+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-05-09T16:49:56+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2017-05-10T18:40:48+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to May 11, 2017 Calendar.
• 2017-05-11T18:49:48+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to May 15, 2017 Calendar.
• 2017-05-15T19:01:17+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to May 16, 2017 Calendar.
• 2017-05-16T18:59:34+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to May 17, 2017 Calendar.
• 2017-05-17T19:03:22+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to May 18, 2017 Calendar.
• 2017-05-18T19:01:17+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to May 22, 2017 Calendar.
• 2017-05-22T19:50:17+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to May 23, 2017 Calendar.
• 2017-05-23T18:38:49+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to May 24, 2017 Calendar.
• 2017-05-24T21:56:50+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to May 25, 2017 Calendar.
• 2017-05-25T21:46:46+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Stark. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2017-05-30T21:54:06+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2017-05-31T21:05:44+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2017-06-06T19:26:14+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2017-06-16T16:55:33+00:00 Chapter 246, 2017 Laws.
• 2017-06-16T17:01:55+00:00 Effective date, January 1, 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/60ef59c8-7383-456f-ba38-6bb75dc82e1e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).