---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to throwing lighted material onto certain property."
description: "Modifies penalties for throwing lighted material onto certain property. Punishes by <i>maximum of $1,000 fine,</i>] maximum of $2,000 fine<b>, or</b> <i>if commission of offense creates risk of wildfire and</i>] maximum of six months' imprisonment, $2,500 fine, or both, if <i>commission of offense creates extreme risk of wildfire</i>]<b> conduct results in ignition of fire or occurs within forest protection district during fire season</b>."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "HB 2594"
citation: "Oregon HB 2594 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lily Morgan"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-09T16:13:56+00:00"
last_action: "2023-07-26T17:51:21+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a4e9180-b942-4b03-9c4e-685f5d8bd4b0"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/HB2594"
source_hash: "21d588f12d952bef9a52f0a552f1b460dfd2ee5426d164b6ee401e5b757cf0ad"
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 HB 2594 (2023R1) — Relating to throwing lighted material onto certain property.

Modifies penalties for throwing lighted material onto certain property. Punishes by <i>maximum of $1,000 fine,</i>] maximum of $2,000 fine<b>, or</b> <i>if commission of offense creates risk of wildfire and</i>] maximum of six months' imprisonment, $2,500 fine, or both, if <i>commission of offense creates extreme risk of wildfire</i>]<b> conduct results in ignition of fire or occurs within forest protection district during fire season</b>.

## 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/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2594/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2594/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2594/A-Engrossed)
4. **SJUD Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/24826)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2594/Enrolled)

## Votes

- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **51–2** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. — **23–2** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Morgan. Passed. — **52–4** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lily Morgan — primary (person)
- Anna Scharf — cosponsor (person)
- Bobby Levy — cosponsor (person)
- James Hieb — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Golden — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Thatcher — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09T16:13:56+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13T19:56:52+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-03-21T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-03-24T15:21:01+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27T18:32:32+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-28T18:44:01+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Morgan. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-29T20:06:24+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31T16:52:34+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing Cancelled.
- **2023-04-25T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-05-10T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-05-12T22:01:05+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-15T21:55:03+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-16T19:18:31+00:00** Carried over to 06-20 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-06-21T00:07:02+00:00** Carried over to 06-21 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-06-22T00:01:12+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-22T00:02:12+00:00** Girod, granted unanimous consent to change vote to aye.
- **2023-06-22T00:03:12+00:00** Golden, granted unanimous consent to change vote to nay.
- **2023-06-23T18:22:25+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2023-06-24T21:26:25+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-24T23:08:16+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-22T00:04:12+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Anderson.
- **2023-07-18T20:55:25+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-26T17:51:21+00:00** Chapter 315, (2023 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2024.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a4e9180-b942-4b03-9c4e-685f5d8bd4b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).