republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2023r1/sb-337.md

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Bill	Relating to public defense; and declaring an emergency.	Establishes Oregon Public Defense Commission within judicial branch. Specifies appointment process for and qualification of commission members and duties of executive director and commission. Abolishes Public Defense Services Commission and transfers duties, functions and powers of commission to Oregon Public Defense Commission.	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2023R1	SB 337	Oregon SB 337 (2023R1)	bill		enacted		11	30	5	2023-01-09T18:53:53+00:00	2023-07-21T18:21:19+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/7f3c65c0-e289-4b8c-bcc6-3b64e5c3a5ab	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/SB337	3aaa92714d649720e08bf59cc478faa978297a67e763eb0eab4849c2a1c7a858	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon SB 337 (2023R1) — Relating to public defense; and declaring an emergency.

Establishes Oregon Public Defense Commission within judicial branch. Specifies appointment process for and qualification of commission members and duties of executive director and commission. Abolishes Public Defense Services Commission and transfers duties, functions and powers of commission to Oregon Public Defense Commission.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Senate Amendments to Introduced (filed) — source
3. A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. B-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. C-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
6. JWM Amendment -B10 (committee substitute) — source
7. SJUD Amendment -1 (committee substitute) — source
8. SRULES Amendment -A8 (committee substitute) — source
9. Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
10. Senate Amendments to B-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
11. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third reading. Carried by Prozanski, Lieber. Passed. — 17–8 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 3–2 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 3–2 (pass) · upper
• Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Evans, Kropf. Passed. — 34–16 (pass) · lower
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 30–14 (pass) · legislature

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-09T18:53:53+00:00 Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-01-12T19:26:35+00:00 Referred to Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2023-03-30T20:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2023-04-03T20:17:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2023-04-14T23:49:10+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. and requesting referral to Ways and Means (Printed A-Eng.) Referral denied by order of the President. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-14T23:49:11+00:00 Referred to Rules by Order of the President, with a subsequent referral to Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2023-05-11T22:01:00+00:00 Informational Meeting held.
• 2023-05-23T22:01:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2023-05-30T22:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2023-06-02T21:15:19+00:00 Recommendation: Do Pass with amendments. (Printed B-Eng.)
• 2023-06-02T21:15:20+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President. referral-committee
• 2023-06-06T00:43:00+00:00 Assigned to Subcommittee On Public Safety. referral-committee
• 2023-06-06T22:03:00+00:00 Returned to Full Committee.
• 2023-06-06T22:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2023-06-09T16:32:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2023-06-12T18:48:21+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the B-Eng. bill. (Printed C-Eng.) committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-15T21:55:03+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2023-06-16T19:18:31+00:00 Carried over to 06-20 by unanimous consent.
• 2023-06-20T19:10:01+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Prozanski, Lieber. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2023-06-20T21:15:51+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-06-20T23:02:59+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2023-06-21T20:15:48+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-21T22:44:21+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2023-06-21T23:39:43+00:00 Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Evans, Kropf. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2023-06-23T17:11:56+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2023-06-23T23:57:27+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2023-06-20T19:11:01+00:00 Vote explanation(s) filed by Findley.
• 2023-07-13T19:18:45+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2023-07-21T18:15:41+00:00 Chapter 281, 2023 Laws.
• 2023-07-21T18:21:19+00:00 Effective date, July 13, 2023.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7f3c65c0-e289-4b8c-bcc6-3b64e5c3a5ab. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).