---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to outdoor recreation; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Creates Office of Outdoor Recreation within State Parks and Recreation Department. Creates Associate Director of Outdoor Recreation. Prescribes duties of office and of associate director."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 3350"
citation: "Oregon HB 3350 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ken Helm", "Knute Buehler", "Mark Johnson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-03-06T16:59:03+00:00"
last_action: "2017-08-18T18:19:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7fed8ed2-54f8-4881-b90c-bc65a443c66f"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB3350"
source_hash: "d7bee3b8a61e2e7d425a3cdbcae29e035e01d8f88555b12ac2c10cd6778afcb7"
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 3350 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to outdoor recreation; and declaring an emergency.

Creates Office of Outdoor Recreation within State Parks and Recreation Department. Creates Associate Director of Outdoor Recreation. Prescribes duties of office and of associate director.

## 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/HB3350/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3350/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3350/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3350/B-Engrossed)
5. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3350/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3350/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed. — **19–11** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Helm. Passed. — **55–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **42–4** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ken Helm — primary (person)
- Knute Buehler — primary (person)
- Mark Johnson — primary (person)
- Ann Lininger — cosponsor (person)
- Chuck Thomsen — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd Prozanski — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Smith — cosponsor (person)
- John Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Holvey — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-06T16:59:03+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13T23:33:59+00:00** Referred to Economic Development and Trade with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-03T15:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-04-04T23:11:01+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04T23:11:02+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-18T21:51:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-22T20:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2017-06-22T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-06-28T19:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-29T22:34:09+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-29T22:50:43+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-30T20:22:39+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to July 1, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-07-01T17:31:22+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Helm. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-01T17:58:27+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-01T18:39:20+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-04T15:06:03+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-07-04T17:04:43+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-07-05T21:22:52+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-07-10T21:30:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-18T18:09:30+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-08-08T23:30:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-08-18T18:19:59+00:00** Chapter 678, (2017 Laws): Effective date August 8, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7fed8ed2-54f8-4881-b90c-bc65a443c66f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).