---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to rangeland protection associations."
description: "Includes land used primarily for cultivating crops within definition of \"rangeland\" for purposes of organizing rangeland protection association and providing fire protection for rangeland."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 590"
citation: "Oregon SB 590 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hansell"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00"
last_action: "2021-08-20T17:10:35+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb5239c5-0243-4340-91b4-ad1057b37b61"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB590"
source_hash: "8282ba0b89f03a3c779defe10a97fbf214d56ba5188767c10ffec3dd4da6765a"
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 SB 590 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to rangeland protection associations.

Includes land used primarily for cultivating crops within definition of "rangeland" for purposes of organizing rangeland protection association and providing fire protection for rangeland.

## 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/SB590/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB590/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Breese-Iverson. Passed. — **53–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. — **25–3** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **44–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bill Hansell — primary (person)
- Bobby Levy — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Owens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19T19:35:42+00:00** Referred to Natural Resources and Wildfire Recovery. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10T23:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-03T23:17:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2021-03-09T21:53:08+00:00** Recommendation: Do Pass and be referred to Ways and Means.
- **2021-03-09T21:53:09+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16T20:29:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-17T15:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2021-06-17T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-18T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-21T15:15:17+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-21T17:43:13+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-21T19:51:13+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-21T19:58:19+00:00** Rules suspended. First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21T22:05:26+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21T19:52:13+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-06-24T18:59:54+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-24T22:23:06+00:00** Rules suspended. Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-25T04:25:32+00:00** Rules suspended. Rules suspended. Carried over to June 25, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-06-25T19:22:14+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Breese-Iverson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-26T19:44:51+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-26T21:22:31+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-07-19T22:29:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-20T17:05:08+00:00** Chapter 587, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-08-20T17:10:35+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2022.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb5239c5-0243-4340-91b4-ad1057b37b61`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).