---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to parks user fees; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Establishes fee differential for nonresident users of areas established and maintained by State Parks and Recreation Department and relating to recreational vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 794"
citation: "Oregon SB 794 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Kennemer", "Kathleen Taylor"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-03T17:12:46+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be9b625a-24f3-48ec-af42-20d50c1fdd29"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB794"
source_hash: "e6d15f04144eb7b4a5e79089fa2343cef99a2d8a00320010dc38788d7b0ee8b2"
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 794 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to parks user fees; and prescribing an effective date.

Establishes fee differential for nonresident users of areas established and maintained by State Parks and Recreation Department and relating to recreational vehicles.

## 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/SB794/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB794/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. — **23–7** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **8–2** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Williams. Passed. — **49–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Kennemer — primary (person)
- Kathleen Taylor — primary (person)
- Anna Williams — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-03T17:12:46+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03T20:03:08+00:00** Referred to Natural Resources and Wildfire Recovery. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22T22:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-31T22:17:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2021-04-15T15:33:18+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15T18:08:53+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-19T18:56:06+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-19T19:25:33+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19T18:57:06+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Boquist, Heard.
- **2021-04-23T18:06:46+00:00** Referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04T22:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-13T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-18T23:35:31+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-19T18:31:17+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-20T19:12:46+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 24, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-05-24T19:54:59+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 25, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-05-25T20:01:01+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 26, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-05-26T18:58:45+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Williams. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-27T18:48:29+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-01T16:27:14+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-08T15:54:17+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-15T17:12:23+00:00** Chapter 200, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** 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/be9b625a-24f3-48ec-af42-20d50c1fdd29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).