republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2017-regular-session/sb-257.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to official misconduct."
description: "Modifies crime of official misconduct in the first degree to include commission of official misconduct in the second degree when public servant<b>, while acting as supervisory employee,</b> is aware of and consciously disregards fact that violation creates risk of physical injury to vulnerable person, commission of sex crime against vulnerable person or withholding of necessities from vulnerable person. Punishes by maximum of one year's imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 257"
citation: "Oregon SB 257 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Manning Jr.", "Sara Gelser"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-04T20:31:05+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee497dfa-cbb4-421c-a618-16c18d09b94a"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB257"
source_hash: "3849984a3a0146fc77b27f4c6189cc0f5ff88a12d9c52d699a0855af07336c8c"
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 257 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to official misconduct.

Modifies crime of official misconduct in the first degree to include commission of official misconduct in the second degree when public servant<b>, while acting as supervisory employee,</b> is aware of and consciously disregards fact that violation creates risk of physical injury to vulnerable person, commission of sex crime against vulnerable person or withholding of necessities from vulnerable person. Punishes by maximum of one year's imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both.

## 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/SB257/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB257/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB257/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB257/B-Engrossed)
5. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB257/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB257/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — **23–7** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. — **22–7** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–1** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–1** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Stark. Passed. — **52–5** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
- Sara Gelser — primary (person)
- Mark Meek — 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`
- **2017-03-09T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-03T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-04T15:29:49+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05T17:00:04+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-06T18:37:28+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-06T18:38:28+00:00** Vote explanation filed by Boquist.
- **2017-04-10T15:57:54+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11T18:59:40+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-04T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-31T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-05T19:28:51+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-06T16:49:21+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-07T21:44:01+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 8, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-08T19:23:15+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 12, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-12T22:33:35+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 13, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-13T22:06:23+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 14, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-14T18:54:03+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Stark. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-19T18:30:14+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
- **2017-06-23T21:29:59+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-26T21:45:53+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-29T22:16:46+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-04T20:04:50+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2018.
- **2017-07-04T20:31:05+00:00** Chapter 519, 2017 Laws.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee497dfa-cbb4-421c-a618-16c18d09b94a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).