republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2017-regular-session/sb-303.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to substances the sale of which is prohibited to minors; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Amends, clarifies and creates consistency in statutes setting forth prohibitions and procedures related to minors possessing, purchasing, attempting to purchase or acquiring alcoholic beverages or marijuana items."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 303"
citation: "Oregon SB 303 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2017-04-26T17:17:15+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04cdbc30-edd1-4885-bb01-b125bbdaebc7"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB303"
source_hash: "06f2d230c6829ebc247fe504ed70909f30c9572d84e925f38ba24aac1d9664a3"
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 303 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to substances the sale of which is prohibited to minors; and declaring an emergency.

Amends, clarifies and creates consistency in statutes setting forth prohibitions and procedures related to minors possessing, purchasing, attempting to purchase or acquiring alcoholic beverages or marijuana items.

## 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/SB303/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB303/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB303/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB303/B-Engrossed)
5. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB303/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB303/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — **23–6** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading as Special Order of Business. Carried by Olson. Passed. — **55–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Kruse. Passed. — **25–4** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## 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`
- **2017-02-13T16:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-02-15T16:30:30+00:00** Recommendation: Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Marijuana Regulation.
- **2017-02-15T16:30:31+00:00** Referred to Marijuana Regulation by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08T01:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-03-10T16:27:40+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-13T16:54:58+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-14T18:20:01+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Kruse. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-15T15:54:22+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16T16:26:32+00:00** Referred to Marijuana Regulation. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22T00:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-03-22T19:29:30+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-23T16:18:46+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-27T18:45:53+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 28, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-03-28T20:59:20+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 29, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-03-29T19:01:57+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 30, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-03-30T19:01:22+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 3, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-03T19:06:08+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 4, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-04T19:16:13+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 5, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-05T19:09:49+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 6, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-06T18:21:29+00:00** Third reading as Special Order of Business. Carried by Olson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-11T18:15:24+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
- **2017-04-13T18:40:15+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-13T23:13:33+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-04-21T21:11:41+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-26T17:14:09+00:00** Chapter 020, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-04-26T17:17:15+00:00** Effective date, April 21, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04cdbc30-edd1-4885-bb01-b125bbdaebc7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).