Senate Bill 1501

Directs State Board of Forestry to adopt single rule package on or before November 30, 2022, to implement Private Forest Accord Report. Directs board to adopt rules related to post-disturbance harvest and to initiate rulemaking concerning tethered logging by certain dates. Establishes certain exemptions from requirements for just compensation for land use regulation. Directs State Forestry Department to procure services for development and application of landslide modeling. Directs board to submit habitat conservation plan consistent with Private Forest Accord Report, procure related services and apply for incidental take permit. Provides exemption from Oregon Forest Practices Act requirements related to species addressed in certain federal agreement. Establishes small forestland <b>owner </b>minimum options related to forest practices by small forestland owners. Directs board to adopt by rule Small Forestland Investment in Stream Habitat Program. Creates Small Forestland Owner Assistance Office within department. Establishes certain requirements and prohibitions related to beaver. Establishes Private Forest Accord Mitigation Advisory Committee. Directs State Fish and Wildlife Commission to establish by rule Private Forest Accord Grant Program. Directs board to establish by rule adaptive management program. Establishes Adaptive Management Program Committee and Independent Research and Science Team as advisory committees to board. Amends Oregon Forest Practices Act. Provides that policies do no affect treaty or other rights of Indian tribe or <i>beneficial ownership interest of land held in trust for Indian tribe or held by Indian tribe</i>]<b> certain property rights of Indian tribe or tribally owned or operated corporation</b>. Authorizes department to adopt rules related to pesticide applications. Makes operability of new provisions and amendments contingent on issuance of incidental take permit on or before December 31, 2027, and incidental take permit remaining in effect. <b>Appropriates moneys from General Fund to certain agencies for certain purposes. Increases certain limitations on expenditures.</b> Declares emergency, effective on passage.

In the Senate

• Peter Courtney

  Sponsor

In the House of Representatives

• Senate, third reading22–5

  Passed · Mar 2 · 3 present

• House of Representatives, third reading43–15

  Passed · Mar 3 · 2 present

• Senate committee amendmentAdopted

  Adopted Feb 11

• Senate committee amendmentAdopted

  Adopted Feb 28

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In the Senate Feb 1 – Mar 2

1. Feb 1Introduced
2. Sent to Natural Resources and Wildfire Recovery
3. Heard in Natural Resources and Wildfire Recovery
4. Feb 3Heard in Natural Resources and Wildfire Recovery
5. Feb 8Heard in Natural Resources and Wildfire Recovery
6. Feb 11Natural Resources and Wildfire Recovery recommended it as amended, and that it go to Ways and Means
7. Sent to Ways and Means
8. Feb 22Sent to Capital Construction Subcommittee
9. Feb 25Heard in Capital Construction Subcommittee
10. Returned to Ways and Means
11. Feb 26Heard in Ways and Means
12. Feb 28Ways and Means recommended it as amended
13. Mar 1Read a second time
14. Mar 2Passed the Senate, 22 to 5

In the House of Representatives Mar 2 – Mar 3

1. Mar 2Arrived in the House of Representatives
2. Sent to Ways and Means
3. Mar 3Ways and Means recommended it
4. Read a second time
5. Passed the House of Representatives, 43 to 15

To the Governor Mar 8 – Apr 1

1. Mar 8Signed in the Senate
2. Signed in the House of Representatives
3. Mar 17Signed by the Governor
4. Apr 1Became chapter 33 of Oregon Laws 2022
5. In force from March 17, 2022