---
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).