---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to outdoor recreation; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Designates first Saturday in June of each year as Oregon Outdoor Recreation Day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2143"
citation: "Oregon HB 2143 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Johnson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76d4253f-23b6-4256-beff-c70829d5f5b7"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2143"
source_hash: "a2cd0b1450cd73c6f18322ddd2d0ea37d918e6ad155f41f8aeb5dbfd9b64391b"
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 2143 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to outdoor recreation; and declaring an emergency.

Designates first Saturday in June of each year as Oregon Outdoor Recreation Day.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2143/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2143/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2143/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2143/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Olsen. Passed. — **27–3** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Johnson. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Mark Johnson — primary (person)
- David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18T01:55:48+00:00** Referred to Economic Development and Trade. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-27T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-02-28T18:10:02+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01T17:26:23+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-02T19:55:35+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 6, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-03-06T19:46:48+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Johnson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-07T17:14:16+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13T15:57:47+00:00** Referred to Environment and Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-03T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-08T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-10T15:24:04+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-10T17:06:45+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-11T18:46:38+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Olsen. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-12T21:28:04+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-15T15:24:36+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-23T20:02:58+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00** Chapter 117, (2017 Laws): Effective date May 22, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76d4253f-23b6-4256-beff-c70829d5f5b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).