l9n/ Oregon

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 3103

Directs the State Forester to determine the available state forestland, establish sustainable harvest levels for harvesting timber on state forestland and manage available state forestland.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ways and Means Committee on June 27, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

<b>Digest: The Act tells the State Forester to see how much forestland there is. The Act tells the State Forester to make harvest levels for cutting timber on state forestland. The Act tells the State Forester to manage state forestland. The Act says some people can ask for an injunction. The Act gives moneys to the State Forester. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.5).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act directs the State Forester to create harvest levels for cutting timber on state forestland. The Act directs the State Forester to develop a timber inventory model. The Act directs the State Forester to sell timber at the harvest level. The Act gives moneys to the State Forester. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.4).</i>] Directs the State Forester to <b>determine the available state forestland,</b> establish sustainable harvest levels for harvesting timber on state forestland and [<i>develop a timber inventory model to inform sustainable harvest levels</i>]<b> manage available state forestland</b>. [<i>Directs the State Forester to offer timber for sale at the sustainable harvest level, annually report on sales of timber relative to the sustainable harvest level and address any deficit in timber sales. Confers standing on certain persons to challenge a failure to address a deficit.</i>] [<i>Directs the State Forester to adopt sustainable harvest levels, forest management plans and related significant policy documents by rule. Establishes certain requirements for judicial review of the rules.</i>] [<i>Makes certain changes concerning forest management reports by the State Forester.</i>] <b>Allows certain persons to seek an injunction if the State Forester fails to establish sustainable harvest levels or manage available state forestland.</b> Appropriates moneys to the State Forester out of the General Fund for [<i>developing a timber inventory model and</i>] <b>adopting</b> a sustainable harvest level. [<i>Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.</i>] <b>Declares an emergency, effective on passage.</b>

Sponsors

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

In the House of Representatives

7 co-sponsors

Jami Cate, Ed Diehl, Court Boice, Bobby Levy, Darcey Edwards, Boomer Wright, E. Werner Reschke

In the Senate

Its course

January 13 to June 27, 2025, 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 action7 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 13 to Jun 27 · stopped165 days

Waiting for a committeeJan 13 to Jan 174 days

Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and WaterJan 17 to Apr 376 days

Ways and MeansApr 3 to Jun 27 · stopped85 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Apr 3

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 House of Representatives Jan 13 – Jun 27

  1. Jan 13Introduced
  2. Jan 17Sent to Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water
  3. Mar 3Heard in Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water
  4. Mar 31Heard in Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water
  5. Apr 3Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water recommended it as amended, and that it go to Ways and Means
  6. Sent to Ways and Means
  7. Jun 27Died when the session ended
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 13First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
  2. Jan 17Referred to Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.House of Representatives
  3. Mar 3Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
  4. Mar 31Work Session held.House of Representatives
  5. Apr 3Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.House of Representatives
  6. Apr 3Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.House of Representatives
  7. Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives