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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to memorial highways; and prescribing an effective date."
+description: "Modifies criteria for erecting roadside memorial signs for deceased veterans formerly prisoners of war or unaccounted for."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
+legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
+session: "2021 Regular Session"
+identifier: "HB 2700"
+citation: "Oregon HB 2700 (2021 Regular Session)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Paul Evans", "Rick Lewis"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53830d44-27ee-47df-ac01-40ad65f5165c"
+source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2700"
+source_hash: "13a12e477a99953d49ed92c38d6f716347e935b9d12908cad5d20edde61fd423"
+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 HB 2700 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to memorial highways; and prescribing an effective date.
+
+Modifies criteria for erecting roadside memorial signs for deceased veterans formerly prisoners of war or unaccounted for.
+
+## 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/HB2700/Introduced)
+2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2700/Enrolled)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Heard and Reported Out — **6–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third reading. Carried by Lewis, Meek. Passed. — **55–0** (pass) · lower
+- Heard and Reported Out — **3–1** (pass) · upper
+- Third reading. Carried by Thomsen. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Paul Evans — primary (person)
+- Rick Lewis — primary (person)
+- Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
+- Chuck Riley — cosponsor (person)
+- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
+- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Jack Zika — cosponsor (person)
+- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-20T04:40:25+00:00** Referred to Veterans and Emergency Management. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-26T23:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
+- **2021-02-16T23:16:00+00:00** Work Session cancelled.
+- **2021-02-23T23:16:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2021-03-02T23:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2021-03-04T14:20:29+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-08T19:14:03+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-09T20:46:13+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 15, 2021 Calendar.
+- **2021-03-15T18:28:40+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Lewis, Meek. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-17T15:50:49+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-24T16:00:51+00:00** Referred to Veterans and Emergency Preparedness. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-30T22:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
+- **2021-04-27T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2021-05-12T15:26:10+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-12T17:20:51+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-13T19:28:05+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Thomsen. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-05-18T16:00:20+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2021-05-18T19:06:06+00:00** President signed. `passage`
+- **2021-05-24T19:18:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 91, (2021 Laws): 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/53830d44-27ee-47df-ac01-40ad65f5165c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).
+