---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Columbia Basin endorsement."
description: "Extends a sunset on the Columbia River Fisheries Enhancement Fund. Extends a sunset on State Fish and Wildlife Commission authority to charge for endorsements to certain Columbia Basin fishing licenses and deposit endorsement moneys in the fund. Extends a sunset on youth license and pioneer license exemptions from endorsement charges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "HB 2343"
citation: "Oregon HB 2343 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00"
last_action: "2025-07-25T17:45:38+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a96f1ed-b7ea-4527-998b-ba49124637af"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2343"
source_hash: "747b3de47aa03c40c47d7a44a9ea60cc5f4e1cf333c5306da8b16601ce8238cb"
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 2343 (2025R1) — Relating to the Columbia Basin endorsement.

Extends a sunset on the Columbia River Fisheries Enhancement Fund. Extends a sunset on State Fish and Wildlife Commission authority to charge for endorsements to certain Columbia Basin fishing licenses and deposit endorsement moneys in the fund. Extends a sunset on youth license and pioneer license exemptions from endorsement charges.

## 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/HB2343/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2343/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2343/A-Engrossed)
4. **HALNRW Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/26377)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2343/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Helm. Passed. — **52–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **20–3** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. — **26–4** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## 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`
- **2025-01-29T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-02-17T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-02-18T22:53:05+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20T19:35:55+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-25T19:56:01+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Helm. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-27T18:24:49+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-03T22:19:38+00:00** Referred to Natural Resources and Wildfire. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-17T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-05-08T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-15T21:51:40+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill, refer to Ways and Means. Refer to Ways and Means by order of the President. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15T21:51:41+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-22T00:34:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-28T22:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2025-05-28T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-06-06T15:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-06-12T16:09:26+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-12T18:49:25+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-16T23:47:34+00:00** Carried over to 06-17 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-17T19:16:54+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-18T19:59:18+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-18T22:25:27+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-26T18:59:45+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-25T17:45:38+00:00** Chapter 436, (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/1a96f1ed-b7ea-4527-998b-ba49124637af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).