---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to emergency preparedness."
description: "Expands the duties of the State Resilience Officer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "HB 2581"
citation: "Oregon HB 2581 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dacia Grayber", "Paul Evans"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-14T22:33:06+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa504667-48c9-43f1-9e6f-e210bbd9c45f"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2581"
source_hash: "a8d76033c236357269e9a9aeaaecbd8559815dc483fb9c8b6c8ac7be3a6ccc71"
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 2581 (2025R1) — Relating to emergency preparedness.

Expands the duties of the State Resilience Officer.

## 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/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2581/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2581/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Thatcher. Passed. — **27–1** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Boice. Passed. — **49–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dacia Grayber — primary (person)
- Paul Evans — primary (person)
- Boomer Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Court Boice — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Kropf — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Lewis — 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 Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans. `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-02-06T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-02-07T23:05:41+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11T19:19:12+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-13T19:08:18+00:00** Carried over to February 18, 2025 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2025-02-18T19:56:34+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Boice. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-18T19:57:34+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Diehl.
- **2025-02-20T18:51:27+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21T22:35:50+00:00** Referred to Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-03-18T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-03-24T16:39:11+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-24T18:11:51+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-25T19:02:55+00:00** Carried over to 03-27 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-03-27T19:42:23+00:00** Carried over to 03-31 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-03-31T19:15:19+00:00** Carried over to 04-01 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-04-01T18:44:30+00:00** Carried over to 04-02 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-04-02T19:27:53+00:00** Carried over to 04-03 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-04-03T17:48:24+00:00** Carried over to 04-07 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-04-07T19:37:39+00:00** Carried over to 04-08 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-04-08T19:26:44+00:00** Carried over to 04-09 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-04-09T19:26:51+00:00** Carried over to 04-10 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-04-10T21:44:51+00:00** Carried over to 04-14 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-04-14T19:13:09+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Thatcher. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T18:32:46+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-15T21:57:17+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-04-23T20:38:58+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-14T22:33:06+00:00** Chapter 15, (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/aa504667-48c9-43f1-9e6f-e210bbd9c45f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).