l9n/ Oregon

2009 Regular Session

Senate Bill 985

Clarifies certain provisions related to field burning in specified Oregon counties.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Ways and Means Committee on June 29, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Clarifies certain provisions related to field burning in specified Oregon counties. Restricts number of acres to be burned. Requires field burning techniques to cease on specified dates. Allows specified number of acres of steep terrain to be open burned through 2012. Allows Environmental Quality Commission by order to permit emergency field burning of specified number of acres under certain conditions, and allows commission to assess fees for acreage burned. Specifies that fees for emergency field burning are to be deposited in State Treasury to credit of Department of Agriculture Service Fund for purpose of carrying out certain duties and responsibilities. Modifies fees for field burning. Allows commission by rule to prohibit field burning in certain critical nonburn areas. Refers Act to people for their approval or rejection at next regular general election.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

In the House of Representatives

Its course

June 22 to June 29, 2009, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action3 actions on 3 days

In the SenateJun 22 to Jun 29 · stopped7 days

Waiting for a committeeJun 22 to Jun 231 day

Ways and MeansJun 23 to Jun 29 · stopped6 days

Text

Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.

In the Senate Jun 22 – Jun 29

  1. Jun 22Introduced
  2. Jun 23Sent to Ways and Means
  3. Jun 29Died when the session ended
All 3 actions, as published
  1. Jun 22Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
  2. Jun 23Referred to Ways and Means.Senate
  3. Jun 29In committee upon adjournment.Senate