---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to protecting beavers to mitigate climate change effects."
description: "Provides, for purposes of certain statutes relating to taking of predatory animals, that <i>terms</i>]<b> term</b> \"predatory animal\" <i>and \"rodent\" do</i>]<b> does</b> not include beavers.<b>"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "HB 3464"
citation: "Oregon HB 3464 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Golden", "Michael Dembrow", "Pam Marsh"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-28T18:14:25+00:00"
last_action: "2023-08-04T19:09:04+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16a0779c-f332-4cc3-a88f-c9bb8f46a0a7"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/HB3464"
source_hash: "3af1d4dfcb27cefb155f927be59a34793143a944da035dcc2d23c70e07b5843e"
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 3464 (2023R1) — Relating to protecting beavers to mitigate climate change effects.

Provides, for purposes of certain statutes relating to taking of predatory animals, that <i>terms</i>]<b> term</b> "predatory animal" <i>and "rodent" do</i>]<b> does</b> not include beavers.<b>

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3464/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3464/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3464/A-Engrossed)
4. **HCEE Amendment -8** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/24366)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3464/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Golden. Passed. — **19–5** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Marsh. Passed. — **32–11** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeff Golden — primary (person)
- Michael Dembrow — primary (person)
- Pam Marsh — primary (person)
- Ben Bowman — cosponsor (person)
- Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Kropf — cosponsor (person)
- Jules Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Khanh Pham — cosponsor (person)
- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Holvey — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Zach Hudson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-28T18:14:25+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03T17:30:17+00:00** Referred to Climate, Energy, and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-04-03T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-04-06T18:43:07+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10T19:17:57+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11T00:45:46+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 11, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-04-12T01:02:56+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 12, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-04-13T00:54:41+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 13, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-04-13T23:20:12+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 14, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-04-14T17:16:03+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Marsh. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-17T16:49:26+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19T19:52:51+00:00** Referred to Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10T15:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2023-06-15T15:14:11+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `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.
- **2023-06-22T02:43:40+00:00** Carried over to 06-22 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-06-22T21:15:31+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Golden. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-24T21:26:25+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-24T23:08:16+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-07-27T22:17:02+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-22T21:16:31+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Findley.
- **2023-08-04T19:09:04+00:00** Chapter 445, (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/16a0779c-f332-4cc3-a88f-c9bb8f46a0a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).