A Senate committee, in every session since the 2025 session.
Other sessions: 2026
Committees · 2025 Regular Session
Natural Resources and Wildfire
Members
As the committee stood at the end of the term. Each name leads to the member's page.
Jeff GoldenChair
Democrat · 3rd District
Todd NashVice-chair
Republican · 29th District
Republican · 9th District
Democrat · 4th District
Democrat · 21st District
Bills
Bills sent to the committee in the 2025 Regular Session.
Bills sent143
10% of the bills the Senate sent to committees
Reported out41%
58 of 143; 85 stopped in committee
Time in committee49 days
most between 28 and 64 days
Amendments offered0
committee amendments
In every session
Each session over its whole term. The 2026 is so far.
202610 bills
reported 90% · too few to say · 0 amendments · 5 members
2025143 bills
reported 41% · typically 49 days, most 28–64 · 0 amendments · 5 members
Bills it was sent
Each time a bill was sent to the committee in the 2025 Regular Session, newest first.
143 bills
House Bill 2647 · Establishes the process and requirements by which the City of Monmouth may amend its urban growth boundary to add up to 75 acres and to remove up to 90 acres.
Sent April 23, 2025 · Reported out after 9 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 3342 · Modifies provisions of law related to the regulation and administration of water rights in this state.
Sent April 23, 2025 · Reported out after 23 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 3372 · Permits certain exempt ground water users to withdraw up to 3,000 gallons of water per day for watering any lawn or noncommercial or commercial garden that does not exceed one-half acre.
Sent April 23, 2025 · Reported out after 23 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 3858 · Makes remainder lands created by the lawful carve-out of lands by a recorded instrument into lawful units of land.
Sent April 23, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 65 days
House Bill 3910 · Expands the justifications for a domestic water supply district to exercise the powers of a sanitary district.
Sent April 23, 2025 · Reported out after 22 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 3932 · Prohibits a person from taking a beaver on waters or watersheds that are classified in a certain manner or on public land that is within the watersheds or within 200 feet of the ordinary high water mark of the waters.
Sent April 22, 2025 · Reported out after 41 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2801 · Allows the Water Resources Department to approve leases or temporary transfers of certain water rights in the Upper Klamath Basin until a court issues a final water rights decree.
Sent April 21, 2025 · Reported out after 14 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 3364 · Makes changes related to a water supply grant program.
Sent April 21, 2025 · Reported out after 14 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 3814 · Authorizes the Environmental Quality Commission and the Department of Environmental Quality to allow for a mixing zone to meet bacteria water quality criteria in a permit applicable to a seafood processing facility.
Sent April 14, 2025 · Reported out after 15 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 1204 · Directs the Department of State Lands, in consultation with the State Department of Fish and Wildlife, to develop a salmon credit pilot program to encourage the voluntary restoration of salmonid habitat in the Coquille and Coos watershed basins.
Sent April 7, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 81 days
House Bill 2978 · Makes certain changes concerning a program to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions.
Sent April 1, 2025 · Reported out after 23 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 3487 · Authorizes counties that receive moneys from the State Department of Agriculture under a past appropriation to use up to eight percent of the moneys to pay expenses incurred in administering grasshopper suppression efforts.
Sent April 1, 2025 · Reported out after 28 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2170 · Authorizes the State Department of Fish and Wildlife, the State Marine Board or the State Department of Agriculture to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with a tribal government, local government or a local service district to perform aquatic invasive species inspections at check stations.
Sent March 27, 2025 · Reported out after 28 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 1192 · Provides that the Water Resources Director may not forcibly convert a hydroelectric water right whose holder has ceased generating electricity on instruction from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission if certain other criteria are met.
Sent March 20, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 99 days
Senate Bill 1194 · Prohibits the Environmental Quality Commission and Department of Environmental Quality from requiring municipally owned treatment works from meeting certain criteria for pollutants and temperature for discharges into surface water.
Sent March 20, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 99 days
Senate Bill 1189 · Creates a limited exception to water quality permitting requirements for a treatment works located within the North Santiam Basin.
Sent March 18, 2025 · Reported out after 16 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 3141 · Designates the third Tuesday of March of each year as Oregon Farmer and Rancher Day.
Sent March 13, 2025 · Reported out after 42 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2256 · Exempts the seller and a nonprofit, public body or tribe that purchases property for conservation purposes from civil or criminal liability for selling certain units of land not lawfully established.
Sent March 11, 2025 · Reported out after 49 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2817 · Eliminates the closure of forestland, due to fire danger, by permit closure.
Sent March 6, 2025 · Reported out after 54 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 2343 · Extends a sunset on the Columbia River Fisheries Enhancement Fund.
Sent March 3, 2025 · Reported out after 73 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
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Senate Bill 1131 · Directs the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to award a grant to the Chintimini Wildlife Center.
Sent March 3, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 116 days
Senate Bill 1132 · Requires the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services to transfer the proceeds of certain taxes, fees, fines, penalties and other monetary obligations the director imposes upon out-of-state insurers and insurance producers to the State Forestry Department for deposit into the State Forestry Department Account.
Sent March 3, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 116 days
Senate Bill 1146 · Directs the Water Resources Department to study rules related to water.
Sent March 3, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 116 days
Senate Bill 1153 · Directs the Water Resources Department to consider whether certain water right transfers will result in a loss of in-stream habitat for sensitive, threatened or endangered aquatic species in stream reaches not protected by an existing water right or contribute to water quality impairment in water quality limited streams.
Sent March 3, 2025 · Reported out after 42 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 1154 · Modifies provisions of law related to declarations of ground water quality concern areas and ground water quality management areas.
Sent March 3, 2025 · Reported out after 45 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 1183 · Appropriates moneys to the State Fire Marshal out of the General Fund for distribution to the Central Douglas Fire & Rescue for an apprenticeship program.
Sent March 3, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 116 days
House Bill 2345 · Renames the Oregon Hatchery Research Center Fund.
Sent February 25, 2025 · Reported out after 63 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 1076 · Directs the State Department of Agriculture to impose certain fees for licenses and license renewals for animal rescue entities.
Sent February 25, 2025 · Reported out after 50 days · did not pass the Senate
House Bill 2163 · Classifies a person with a documented intellectual or developmental disability as a person with a disability for purposes of wildlife laws that pertain to angling and harvesting shellfish.
Sent February 21, 2025 · Reported out after 62 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 1064 · Directs the Water Resources Department to consider water basins in which permitted activity will occur when issuing certain permits.
Sent February 21, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 126 days
Senate Bill 1025 · Requires the Department of Land Conservation and Development to study lodging near waterways and submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to land use no later than September 15, 2026.
Sent February 18, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 129 days
Senate Bill 1028 · Requires the State Department of Agriculture to study manure digesters.
Sent February 18, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 129 days
Senate Bill 1017 · Excludes certain public lands from the provisions of the Oregon Forest Practices Act.
Sent February 11, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 136 days
Senate Bill 1019 · Increases the maximum fee for activating a brand.
Sent February 11, 2025 · Reported out after 64 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 985 · Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the State Department of Agriculture for deposit in the Wolf Management Compensation and Proactive Trust Fund.
Sent February 10, 2025 · Reported out after 39 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 986 · Appropriates moneys to the State Department of Agriculture out of the General Fund for purposes related to the brand inspection program.
Sent February 10, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 137 days
Senate Bill 976 · Allows an individual to verify whether cattle are pregnant without holding a valid license issued by the Oregon State Veterinary Medical Examining Board under certain circumstances.
Sent February 4, 2025 · Reported out after 62 days · then passed the Senate, and was vetoed
Senate Bill 940 · Allows development of certain accessory dwelling units, recreational vehicles or emergency shelters on farmland on which is sited certain nonfarm dwellings.
Sent January 23, 2025 · Reported out after 18 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 876 · Directs the State Board of Forestry, on behalf of the State of Oregon, to offer to convey certain real property to Coos County under specific terms and conditions.
Sent January 21, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 157 days
Senate Bill 885 · Directs the State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation to establish a division or subsidiary for the purpose of issuing policies of fire insurance and property insurance against the peril of wildfire.
Sent January 21, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 157 days
Senate Bill 887 · Instructs the Director of Agriculture to employ an organic policy special assistant to the director.
Sent January 21, 2025 · Reported out after 52 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 923 · Appropriates moneys for the purpose of seeding the capital campaign and expanding fundraising efforts for a multiuse recreational facility to serve the greater Roseburg and Douglas County communities.
Sent January 21, 2025 · Reported out after 13 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 55 · Establishes standards for establishment of farm cafes on lands in Lane County zoned for exclusive farm use.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 72 · Requires the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study property insurance.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 73 · Restricts methods by which lands zoned for farm, forest or mixed farm and forest use may be redesignated for nonresource use.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 74 · Authorizes the Department of State Lands to find in a navigability determination draft report that the state's interest in the waterway extends to the current submerged and submersible lands within the waterway.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 89 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 75 · Removes requirements related to wildfire hazards for purposes of developing an accessory dwelling unit on lands zoned for rural residential uses or a replacement dwelling on lands zoned for resource uses.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 80 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 76 · Directs the Water Resources Department to study groundwater permit requirements for small agricultural parcels.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 77 · Describes allowable home occupations on lands zoned for forest or farm use.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 78 · Establishes maximum size of replacement dwellings on lands zoned for forest or farm use.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 79 · Prohibits certain dwellings in sensitive or unsuitable areas within resource lands.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 80 · Prohibits the Department of Environmental Quality from issuing a water quality permit to certain confined animal feeding operations located in a ground water management area.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 81 · Requires the Oregon Climate Action Commission to study natural climate solutions.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 82 · Makes changes to consultations that are required for a certain grant process.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 68 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 83 · Eliminates certain building code standards and mapping requirements for wildfire hazard mitigation.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 91 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 84 · Exempts local governments that adopted and continue to enforce certain wildfire hazard mitigation standards from the application of state standards that are based on specified wildfire hazard classes.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 85 · Directs the Department of Consumer and Business Services and the Department of the State Fire Marshal, in consultation with the State Forestry Department and the insurance industry, to evaluate and develop recommendations for community-based wildfire risk mitigation to reduce wildfire risks and increase insurance affordability and availability.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 87 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 127 · Directs the State Forestry Department to study funding for wildfire-related programs.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 147 · Renames the Elliott State Forest as the Elliott State Research Forest.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 89 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 208 · Directs the State Department of Agriculture, in partnership with Oregon State University, to study the potential for developing commercial seaweed production for certain purposes.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 49 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 331 · Directs the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to manage hatchery produced and naturally produced salmon and steelhead in a watershed as a single population.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 332 · Directs the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to develop a game fish carcass recovery project.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 333 · Authorizes landowners who meet certain criteria to petition for formation of a predator damage control district as a funding mechanism to pay the actual costs to the county of preventing, reducing and mitigating damage to property from predatory animals.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 335 · Directs the State Department of Agriculture to study potential uses for animal processing waste products.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 336 · Appropriates moneys to the State Department of Agriculture, out of the General Fund, for the purpose of developing a grant program to fund the construction of meat rendering plants.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 337 · Allows counties to authorize the subdivision of land zoned for exclusive farm use or forest use into parcels no smaller than the average size of the county's lots and parcels of the same type.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 340 · Prohibits an insurer from canceling fire insurance policies, or raising policy premiums by more than three percent, if an insured's property is located within the wildland-urban interface or the insured's primary employment or economic or business activity is farming or resource extraction.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 341 · Reduces the required size of real property and the percentage of value of the adjusted gross estate necessary for real property to qualify for a natural resource property credit against estate tax, where the real property is forestland or forestland homesites.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 342 · Provides that a small forestland owner that planted trees under reforestation requirements may harvest the trees.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 343 · Directs the State Forestry Department to study and make recommendations to an interim committee of the Legislative Assembly regarding efficacy of forest management.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 344 · Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to notify the Attorney General if the air quality index readings for an area of the state reach 250 or higher during seven consecutive days and the cause is believed to be a wildfire originating on lands owned by the United States.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 345 · Requires a court to award damages for the cost of replanting to a plaintiff prevailing against the federal government or a contractor in an action for injury to private land arising from a fire originating on federal forestland.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 346 · Directs the State Forestry Department to establish by rule a pilot grant program for the purpose of managing wildfire risk by certain methods.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 348 · Requires the State Fish and Wildlife Commission to establish and prescribe fees for multiyear resident and nonresident hunting licenses.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 349 · Allows the electors of a county to approve a measure allowing the use of dogs for hunting, pursuing or taking cougars within the county.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 350 · Finds that barred owls are known to prey on spotted owls.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 351 · Appropriates moneys to the State Department of Fish and Wildlife for the purpose of funding programs that award $5 for each take of pikeminnow, if the take complies with wildlife laws.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 352 · Directs the State Department of Agriculture to establish a grant program to facilitate the eradication of gorse for wildfire mitigation in southwest Oregon.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 353 · Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the State Department of Agriculture for deposit in the Wolf Management Compensation and Proactive Trust Fund.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 354 · Directs the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to include the relocation of beavers from western Oregon to central and eastern Oregon in a program for voluntarily relocating beavers.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 356 · Appropriates moneys to the Invasive Species Council, out of the General Fund, for certain purposes.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 358 · Establishes the Ocean Beach Fund.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 362 · Directs the Water Resources Department to study rules related to water.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 363 · Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the State Department of Agriculture to fund a grant program related to establishments that process and sell meat products.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 364 · Requires the Department of Environmental Quality to study marine ecosystem data.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 365 · Directs the Attorney General to assist a person in recovering damages from the federal government when smoke from a wildfire on federal lands causes damages to the person's wine grape growing.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 366 · Authorizes a producer of eggs to sell and deliver the producer's eggs to a restaurant without an egg handler's license.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 371 · Requires the Department of State Lands to petition the United States Congress for the transfer of certain public lands.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 372 · Repeals restrictions on brassica production in the Willamette Valley.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 374 · Establishes certain limitation on projects under the Good Neighbor Authority Agreement.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 375 · Establishes certain additional requirements concerning projects under the Good Neighbor Authority Agreement.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 378 · Directs the State Parks and Recreation Commission to adopt rules authorizing persons 65 years or older who reside in Oregon to use any state park, individual campsite or day use fee area without charge.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 400 · Exempts removal-fill projects from the requirement to obtain a permit from the Department of State Lands if the person is required to and does obtain a permit from the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 404 · Directs the State Board of Forestry to convey certain state forest lands to a county that determines that the county would secure the greatest permanent value of the lands to the county and requests conveyance.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 412 · Requires the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to make special cougar tags available that allow the use of dogs to hunt or pursue cougars.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 427 · Prohibits certain proposed changes related to the appropriation or use of water that will result in the diminishment of streamflow.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 87 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 432 · Instructs the forester, or a forest protective association or agency that is under contract or agreement with the State Board of Forestry for the protection of forestland against fire, and whose protection area is or may be affected by a fire on nearby federal lands, to take certain actions to address the fire.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 434 · Establishes the Ocean Beach Fund.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 461 · Directs the State Fish and Wildlife Commission to require license agents to issue paper copies of licenses, tags and permits under the wildlife laws upon request.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 479 · Prohibits the Department of Environmental Quality from determining, for purposes of issuing a sewage disposal construction permit, that a community or area-wide sewerage system is available unless the sewerage system is within 200 feet of the property to be served.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 494 · Requires the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to study classification and compensation for forestry and wildland fire positions in state government.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 42 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 504 · Requires the Land Conservation and Development Commission to adopt rules by January 1, 2028, to provide guidance on nonstructural, nature-based solutions for shoreline stabilization.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 42 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 511 · Directs the Department of State Lands, in consultation with the State Department of Fish and Wildlife, to develop a salmon credit pilot program to encourage the voluntary restoration of salmonid habitat in the Coquille and Coos watershed basins.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 512 · Directs the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to study the impacts of temperature, predation and rearing practices associated with the Rock Creek Hatchery.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 75 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 513 · Requires the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to study stocking protocols for salmon and other fish.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 514 · Requires the State Department of Fish and Wildlife and Department of Environmental Quality to study the impacts of wildfire on water quality of streams and tributaries.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 515 · Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to the Umpqua Fishery Enhancement Derby to facilitate salmonid habitat restoration projects.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 516 · Appropriates moneys to the State Department of Agriculture for purposes related to a program of state inspection for the processing and sale of meat products from nonamenable species.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 565 · Transfers the management and control of the grounds in the capitol area from the State Parks and Recreation Department to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 80 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 576 · Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the State Department of Agriculture for the purpose of eradicating Japanese beetle grubs.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 66 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 579 · Appropriates moneys to the State Fire Marshal for distribution to Central Douglas Fire and Rescue for certain purposes.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 63 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 638 · Provides that a small forestland owner that planted trees under reforestation requirements may harvest the trees.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 639 · Requires the State Forester to actively manage state forestlands to achieve and maintain low forest fuel load levels.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 664 · Provides that mines solely using gravity separation shall be deemed gravity separation mines.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 673 · Instructs the Water Resources Commission to allow the appropriation of water from the mainstem of the Columbia River for use in eastern Oregon.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 674 · Instructs the Water Resources Commission to allow the appropriation of water from the mainstem of the Columbia River at a total rate and duty of two percent of average annual flow.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 678 · Undoes wildfire protection provisions adopted in Senate Bill 762 (2021).
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 680 · Prohibits a person from publishing or causing to be published an environmental marketing claim, net zero claim or reputational advertising that is materially false, misleading, deceptive or fraudulent.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 10 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 700 · Prohibits operating a boat carrying a child under 16 years of age unless the child is wearing a properly sized and secured personal flotation device.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 713 · Authorizes the issuance of lottery bonds for deposit in the Levee Project Grant Fund.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 714 · Authorizes the issuance of lottery bonds to fund Columbia corridor flood safety projects in Multnomah County.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 733 · Expands the definition of the term "potentially dangerous dog," for dog control purposes, to include a dog that inflicts serious injury on or kills livestock.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 73 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 747 · Requires persons with ownership interests in at least 200 acres of irrigated land used for agriculture to annually report information about fertilizer application to the State Department of Agriculture.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 765 · Allows a person taking certain nuisance game mammals to offer the meat to a charitable organization, retain the meat or make any disposition authorized by rule.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 769 · Provides that a county is exempt from the applicability of a statute banning the use of dogs to hunt or pursue cougars if voters approve a county measure proposed by initiative petition or referred to the people by the governing body of the county.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 775 · Requires that ground water data generated or used for specified purposes by the Department of Environmental Quality, State Department of Agriculture, Water Resources Commission or Water Resources Department be peer reviewed.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 776 · Instructs the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to identify certain areas as wildlife management units or herd ranges and undertake predator control in the wildlife management units or herd ranges until certain criteria are met.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 777 · Directs the State Department of Agriculture to modify the methodology under which participating counties award grants for wolf depredation compensation.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 63 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 788 · Allows lands zoned for exclusive farm use to be used for weddings or events east of the summit of the Cascade Range.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 793 · Directs the Director of the Department of State Lands to establish application fees and compensation rates for easements on state land located within the territorial sea.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 42 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 795 · Modifies the meaning of terms used for purposes of the abandoned and derelict vessel laws.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 45 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 809 · Clarifies that the State Department of Agriculture may inspect poultry products under the state meat inspection program.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 52 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 812 · Repeals a sunset to make the landowner preference program permanent.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 46 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 817 · Increases fees for filing a notice of intent to appeal and a motion to intervene with the Land Use Board of Appeals.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 52 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 830 · Modifies provisions of the on-site septic system loan program to allow for grants.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 46 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 832 · Makes certain changes related to civil penalties for violations related to disease control.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 10 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 836 · Increases fees charged by the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 73 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 838 · Provides that the Public Contracting Code does not apply to the contracting activities of the State Parks and Recreation Department, except with respect to surplus property, information technology, photogrammetric mapping or telecommunications.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 10 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 845 · Authorizes the Public Utility Commission to order the sale of an incumbent water utility to another water utility or entity when the incumbent water utility is not able to provide safe and adequate service.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 80 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 860 · Grants certain authorities to the State Fire Marshal and the Department of the State Fire Marshal.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 61 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 861 · Makes certain changes related to the State Fire Marshal Mobilization Fund.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 60 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 862 · Makes certain changes related to rural fire protection districts.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 61 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 863 · Authorizes the State Fire Marshal to seek cost recovery for the actual cost of fire abatement.
Sent January 17, 2025 · Reported out after 60 days · then passed the Senate, and became law