republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2017-regular-session/sb-795.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to crime victims."
description: "Requires medical assessment provider or law enforcement officer to contact victim advocate and make reasonable efforts to ensure that victim advocate is present and available at medical facility.<b> Specifies what victim advocate is obligated to do and prohibited from doing.</b>"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 795"
citation: "Oregon SB 795 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ann Lininger", "James Manning Jr.", "Kim Thatcher", "Laurie Monnes Anderson", "Sara Gelser", "Tim Knopp"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-14T17:04:37+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-22T20:08:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f59bf24-9777-4ddb-abd8-9a28d264dff7"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB795"
source_hash: "59e2ebf5fafd1088d1ce9651e43e861268efb1be6ac956da2fd9db292913acbd"
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 795 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to crime victims.

Requires medical assessment provider or law enforcement officer to contact victim advocate and make reasonable efforts to ensure that victim advocate is present and available at medical facility.<b> Specifies what victim advocate is obligated to do and prohibited from doing.</b>

## 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/SB795/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB795/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB795/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB795/Enrolled)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Ann Lininger — primary (person)
- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
- Kim Thatcher — primary (person)
- Laurie Monnes Anderson — primary (person)
- Sara Gelser — primary (person)
- Tim Knopp — primary (person)
- Andy Olson — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Post — cosponsor (person)
- Duane Stark — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Williamson — cosponsor (person)
- Sherrie Sprenger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-14T17:04:37+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14T23:59:20+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-13T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-21T16:35:44+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-24T17:04:12+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-25T19:16:08+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Monnes Anderson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **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`
- **2017-05-10T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-12T16:16:52+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.
- **2017-06-01T18:41:01+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Lininger. 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 349, 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/6f59bf24-9777-4ddb-abd8-9a28d264dff7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).