republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2017-regular-session/sb-491.md

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Bill	Relating to regulation of attorneys; and declaring an emergency.	Directs Supreme Court to appoint state professional responsibility board. Eliminates local professional responsibility committees.	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2017 Regular Session	SB 491	Oregon SB 491 (2017 Regular Session)	bill		enacted		4	33	8	2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00	2017-07-04T20:31:05+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/efc58c45-902c-4d41-9bf5-6d7753edb701	https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB491	3227606e845d1a1a117b98f545845ce78bc43e76e04fa7d2c3af9d541addca4b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon SB 491 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to regulation of attorneys; and declaring an emergency.

Directs Supreme Court to appoint state professional responsibility board. Eliminates local professional responsibility committees.

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/SB491/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. Introduced (filed) — source
3. A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — 26–4 (pass) · legislature
• Heard and Reported Out — 10–0 (pass) · legislature
• Heard and Reported Out — 5–0 (pass) · legislature
• Third Reading. Motion to refer to Judiciary carried. Referred. — 60–0 (pass) · legislature
• Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — 22–6 (pass) · legislature
• Heard and Reported Out — 11–0 (pass) · legislature
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Third reading. Carried by Williamson. Passed. — 56–0 (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
• 2017-02-07T16:32:00+00:00 Public Hearing and Work Session held.
• 2017-02-09T16:43:33+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-02-09T18:23:38+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2017-02-14T19:29:33+00:00 Carried over to 02-16 by unanimous consent.
• 2017-02-16T19:14:05+00:00 Carried over to 02-21 by unanimous consent.
• 2017-02-21T19:23:44+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-22T17:40:47+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2017-02-23T00:09:35+00:00 Referred to Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2017-04-24T20:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing and Work Session held.
• 2017-04-26T21:13:30+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-27T16:51:52+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2017-05-01T19:19:14+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to May 2, 2017 Calendar.
• 2017-05-02T23:02:34+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to May 3, 2017 Calendar.
• 2017-05-03T18:09:08+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to May 4, 2017 Calendar.
• 2017-05-04T18:55:11+00:00 Third Reading. Motion to refer to Judiciary carried. Referred.
• 2017-05-16T20:02:00+00:00 Public Hearing and Work Session held.
• 2017-05-18T21:23:38+00:00 Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Rules.
• 2017-05-18T21:23:39+00:00 Referred to Rules by order of Speaker. referral-committee
• 2017-06-06T22:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2017-06-08T21:30:04+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. committee-passage-favorable
• 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.
• 2017-06-14T21:12:19+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to June 15, 2017 Calendar.
• 2017-06-15T18:02:00+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to June 19, 2017 Calendar.
• 2017-06-19T18:38:15+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Williamson. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2017-06-21T18:40:22+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
• 2017-06-23T20:02:48+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, June 29, 2017.
• 2017-07-04T20:31:05+00:00 Chapter 524, 2017 Laws.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/efc58c45-902c-4d41-9bf5-6d7753edb701. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).