---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to sales of units of land not lawfully established for conservation purposes."
description: "Exempts the seller and [<i>the nonprofit purchaser of</i>] <b>a nonprofit, public body or tribe that purchases</b> property for conservation purposes from civil or criminal liability for selling <b>certain</b> units of land not lawfully established.<b> Cancels exception for a purchaser who resells the land to the private market within five years of the land being deeded for conservation purposes.</b>"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "HB 2256"
citation: "Oregon HB 2256 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Floyd Prozanski", "James Manning Jr.", "Lisa Fragala"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-06T21:06:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ccbb9e0-04da-42cb-bd52-a0bfbec03edc"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2256"
source_hash: "c8610ba3b68a0fbb5ada601b1f6bdb4f34d32ece0bbb1cefe163b1832f53255c"
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 2256 (2025R1) — Relating to sales of units of land not lawfully established for conservation purposes.

Exempts the seller and [<i>the nonprofit purchaser of</i>] <b>a nonprofit, public body or tribe that purchases</b> property for conservation purposes from civil or criminal liability for selling <b>certain</b> units of land not lawfully established.<b> Cancels exception for a purchaser who resells the land to the private market within five years of the land being deeded for conservation purposes.</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/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2256/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2256/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2256/A-Engrossed)
4. **HALNRW Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/26520)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2256/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **17–11** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Fragala. Passed. — **45–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Floyd Prozanski — primary (person)
- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
- Lisa Fragala — primary (person)
- Jeff Golden — cosponsor (person)
- John Lively — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Khanh Pham — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Owens — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Gelser Blouin — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Andersen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-17T20:47:46+00:00** Referred to Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-03T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-02-26T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-02-28T19:26:17+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04T19:36:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06T19:50:51+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Fragala. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-10T17:58:24+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11T16:11:09+00:00** Referred to Natural Resources and Wildfire. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-17T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-04-22T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-04-29T16:46:21+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-29T18:37:11+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-30T18:48:35+00:00** Carried over to 05-01 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-05-01T19:03:19+00:00** Carried over to 05-05 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-05-05T18:35:51+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-06T18:41:51+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-06T19:30:33+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-12T20:19:17+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-06T21:06:59+00:00** Chapter 51, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ccbb9e0-04da-42cb-bd52-a0bfbec03edc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).