---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to off-road vehicles."
description: "Requires snowmobiles and certain all-terrain vehicles to cross highway at intersection or more than 100 feet from intersection."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 344"
citation: "Oregon SB 344 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Barreto", "Ted Ferrioli"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-04T19:41:13+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7994cb65-87fa-491a-9e78-0636bfd26c74"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB344"
source_hash: "d561f1682ea7b53bef3c65a948b690c350d9d509cb4fe2f83276476caa0b5287"
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 344 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to off-road vehicles.

Requires snowmobiles and certain all-terrain vehicles to cross highway at intersection or more than 100 feet from intersection.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB344/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB344/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB344/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB344/B-Engrossed)
5. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB344/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB344/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — **29–1** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Barreto. Passed. — **53–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Ferrioli. Passed. — **26–3** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Greg Barreto — primary (person)
- Ted Ferrioli — primary (person)
- Betsy Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Brad Witt — cosponsor (person)
- Gene Whisnant — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Doherty — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-17T16:06:43+00:00** Referred to Business and Transportation, then Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-22T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-03-28T16:23:39+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and subsequent referral to Ways and Means be rescinded. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-28T16:23:40+00:00** Subsequent referral rescinded by order of the President.
- **2017-03-29T17:08:29+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-30T18:28:32+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Ferrioli. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-03T16:05:35+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05T21:19:35+00:00** Referred to Transportation Policy. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-10T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-18T21:23:36+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-22T16:15:12+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-23T18:38:49+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 24, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-24T21:56:50+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 25, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-25T22:00:25+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 26, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-26T15:36:22+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 30, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-30T18:44:50+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 31, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-31T18:56:58+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 1, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-01T22:08:36+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Barreto. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-14T18:18:54+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
- **2017-06-15T20:09:32+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-16T17:41:40+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-22T16:57:13+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-04T19:31:34+00:00** Chapter 453, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-07-04T19:41:13+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7994cb65-87fa-491a-9e78-0636bfd26c74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).