republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2017-regular-session/sb-762.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to immunity from prosecution."
description: "Exempts sexual assault victims<b> and persons assisting sexual assault victims</b> from arrest or prosecution for offense related to purchase or possession of alcoholic beverage by person under 21 years of age if evidence of offense was obtained because of contact with law enforcement agency or emergency medical services to report assault or obtain assistance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 762"
citation: "Oregon SB 762 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kathleen Taylor", "Sara Gelser"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-09T17:07:20+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-22T20:08:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52a9ec2c-c4b9-4510-9ff9-d10c7ebae023"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB762"
source_hash: "a59078975d92df7ee068c0d046f3a26640af8bd5412707d66e3ec4dc8a38c90e"
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 762 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to immunity from prosecution.

Exempts sexual assault victims<b> and persons assisting sexual assault victims</b> from arrest or prosecution for offense related to purchase or possession of alcoholic beverage by person under 21 years of age if evidence of offense was obtained because of contact with law enforcement agency or emergency medical services to report assault or obtain assistance.

## 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/SB762/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB762/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB762/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB762/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Olson. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Kathleen Taylor — primary (person)
- Sara Gelser — primary (person)
- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
- Andy Olson — cosponsor (person)
- Ann Lininger — cosponsor (person)
- Duane Stark — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Steiner Hayward — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Williamson — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Knopp — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09T17:07:20+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13T21:31:24+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-13T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-21T16:35:41+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-24T17:04:12+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-25T18:26:24+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-25T17:05:00+00:00** Made a Special Order of Business by voice vote.
- **2017-04-26T16:16:05+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-28T22:28:46+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-12T23:36:00+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-15T16:34:42+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **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.
- **2017-05-25T22:00:25+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 26, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-26T15:36:22+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 30, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-30T18:44:50+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 31, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-31T18:56:58+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 1, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-01T18:39:33+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Olson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-06T20:10:13+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-07T22:09:22+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-14T22:30:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-22T20:00:31+00:00** Chapter 347, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-06-22T20:08:39+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/52a9ec2c-c4b9-4510-9ff9-d10c7ebae023`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).