republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2021-regular-session/sb-817.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to monetary obligations arising out of juvenile delinquency matters; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Eliminates fees, court costs and fines associated with juvenile delinquency matters. Provides for appointment of court-appointed counsel at state expense in all juvenile delinquency matters. Removes parental support obligation for youths, youth offenders or young persons in state custody. Applies retroactively, rendering as satisfied judgments with outstanding balances and waiving accrued interest, fees and collection expenses on those balances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 817"
citation: "Oregon SB 817 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-03-03T17:12:46+00:00"
last_action: "2021-08-20T17:10:35+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efb15718-3690-4cac-bcfc-837aaa5719bc"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB817"
source_hash: "e0da2c2a4d6ca5c36581dbe4b31ff3a5e3e675f9923f7e8d7a9b8acbfe51b227"
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 817 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to monetary obligations arising out of juvenile delinquency matters; and prescribing an effective date.

Eliminates fees, court costs and fines associated with juvenile delinquency matters. Provides for appointment of court-appointed counsel at state expense in all juvenile delinquency matters. Removes parental support obligation for youths, youth offenders or young persons in state custody. Applies retroactively, rendering as satisfied judgments with outstanding balances and waiving accrued interest, fees and collection expenses on those balances.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB817/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB817/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB817/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB817/B-Engrossed)
5. **HRULES Amendment -A7** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/21618)
6. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB817/House%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
7. **SJD110 Amendment -6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/19412)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB817/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **40–4** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–3** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **24–5** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed. — **45–10** (pass) · lower
- Rules suspended. Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — **20–6** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-03T17:12:46+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T20:03:08+00:00** Referred to Judiciary and Ballot Measure 110 Implementation, then Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-07T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-23T20:54:50+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-23T20:54:51+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16T18:06:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-17T20:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2021-06-17T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-21T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-25T14:29:03+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-25T16:16:17+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-25T18:37:51+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-25T18:55:16+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-25T20:29:03+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-26T03:49:35+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-26T18:23:27+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-26T18:53:57+00:00** Rules suspended. Motion to refer to Rules carried. Referred.
- **2021-06-26T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-26T22:03:56+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-26T23:47:24+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-27T00:22:10+00:00** Rules suspended. Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
- **2021-06-29T19:32:41+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-07-01T17:35:29+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-25T18:38:51+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-07-19T22:29:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-20T17:05:08+00:00** Chapter 597, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-08-20T17:10:35+00:00** Effective date, September 25, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/efb15718-3690-4cac-bcfc-837aaa5719bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).