republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2017-regular-session/sb-867.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to maritime sector workforce development; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Creates Task Force on Maritime Sector Workforce Development. Directs task force to study and develop description of maritime sector and maritime sector workforce in Oregon and develop recommendations for State Workforce Investment Board to incorporate consideration of maritime sector into statewide workforce investment system plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 867"
citation: "Oregon SB 867 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arnie Roblan", "David Brock Smith", "David Gomberg", "Jeff Kruse"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-28T16:34:27+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-23T20:41:03+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff154e88-d203-4031-a2f7-fb823b09442d"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB867"
source_hash: "ad0d5b861b1777f1b2a879707b7718003b8f3347e14185bccf93f1d79d8150f8"
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 867 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to maritime sector workforce development; and prescribing an effective date.

Creates Task Force on Maritime Sector Workforce Development. Directs task force to study and develop description of maritime sector and maritime sector workforce in Oregon and develop recommendations for State Workforce Investment Board to incorporate consideration of maritime sector into statewide workforce investment system plan.

## 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/SB867/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB867/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB867/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB867/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **3–1** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Smith DB. Passed. — **59–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. — **30–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Arnie Roblan — primary (person)
- David Brock Smith — primary (person)
- David Gomberg — primary (person)
- Jeff Kruse — primary (person)
- Betsy Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Caddy McKeown — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-28T16:34:27+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02T21:43:18+00:00** Referred to Business and Transportation, then General Government and Accountability, then Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-27T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-29T22:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-04T15:30:03+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to General Government and Accountability and then Ways and Means by prior reference. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04T15:30:04+00:00** Referred to General Government and Accountability, then Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-12T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-04-17T22:11:00+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
- **2017-04-17T22:11:01+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21T20:43:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Education. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-26T15:33:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2017-06-26T15:32:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-06-28T19:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-30T15:31:10+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-30T19:36:49+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-01T17:23:18+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-01T17:44:05+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-01T22:08:55+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-05T18:24:47+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-05T18:29:51+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-07T01:59:24+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Smith DB. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-18T17:41:32+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-18T18:05:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-08-15T17:39:28+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-23T20:36:16+00:00** Chapter 738, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-08-23T20:41:03+00:00** Effective date, October 6, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff154e88-d203-4031-a2f7-fb823b09442d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).