republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2023r1/sb-807.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to disqualification of judges."
description: "Provides procedure whereby elected judge may challenge party, attorney, law firm, district attorney's office, defense consortium or public defender's office that files motions to disqualify judge that effectively deny judge assignment to criminal or juvenile delinquency docket."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "SB 807"
citation: "Oregon SB 807 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-31T19:22:10+00:00"
last_action: "2023-07-21T18:21:19+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73d9568f-6ac6-4d00-919c-f4e78cf1c478"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/SB807"
source_hash: "e86d12db7e0cd6f4179f28b504663055112ddfbe1a5b6e1b35a0714e084e129e"
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 807 (2023R1) — Relating to disqualification of judges.

Provides procedure whereby elected judge may challenge party, attorney, law firm, district attorney's office, defense consortium or public defender's office that files motions to disqualify judge that effectively deny judge assignment to criminal or juvenile delinquency docket.

## 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/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB807/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB807/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB807/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB807/B-Engrossed)
5. **HRULES Amendment -A8** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/25310)
6. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB807/House%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
7. **SJUD Amendment -3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/23419)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB807/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — **21–2** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Kropf. Passed. — **53–4** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **16–12** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31T19:22:10+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01T21:29:39+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-03-22T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-03-27T22:04:42+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28T18:33:53+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-29T20:10:13+00:00** Carried over to 03-30 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-03-30T19:25:50+00:00** Carried over to 04-03 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-04-03T17:34:01+00:00** Carried over to 04-04 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-04-04T17:33:44+00:00** Carried over to 04-05 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-04-05T19:55:09+00:00** Carried over to 04-06 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-04-06T20:01:02+00:00** Carried over to 04-10 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-04-10T23:46:53+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-11T17:00:02+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-14T00:26:03+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-08T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-05-15T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-05-18T15:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-05-24T22:52:27+00:00** Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Rules.
- **2023-05-24T22:52:28+00:00** Referred to Rules by order of Speaker. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-06-07T21:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-06-08T18:21:05+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-13T22:15:39+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-14T23:44:03+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Kropf. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-16T16:23:44+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
- **2023-06-16T16:24:44+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Knopp.
- **2023-06-21T16:43:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-22T23:25:39+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-07-13T19:18:45+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-21T18:15:41+00:00** Chapter 289, 2023 Laws.
- **2023-07-21T18:21:19+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2024.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73d9568f-6ac6-4d00-919c-f4e78cf1c478`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).