---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to fees concerning wells; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Increases certain fees related to wells. Declares an emergency, effective on passage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "HB 2808"
citation: "Oregon HB 2808 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00"
last_action: "2025-08-07T21:11:07+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8421e5f3-f33c-4611-8f6e-906bb286e7d2"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2808"
source_hash: "8770f12fbbb2d16d1dc66737e1c357e85dde7ff4494898e6872c3ef49e93332d"
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 2808 (2025R1) — Relating to fees concerning wells; and declaring an emergency.

Increases certain fees related to wells. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

## 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/HB2808/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2808/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Anderson. Passed. — **16–11** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Helm. Passed. — **31–11** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **30–14** (pass) · legislature

## 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`
- **2025-03-31T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-04-09T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-04-15T23:45:33+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass and be referred to Ways and Means. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-15T23:45:34+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-03T15:28:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10T22:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2025-06-10T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-06-17T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-06-20T01:48:13+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-20T18:45:56+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-23T21:27:22+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Helm. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-23T22:13:01+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-23T23:04:28+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-25T16:41:23+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-25T21:47:08+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-25T22:39:20+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Anderson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-26T18:14:38+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-26T22:38:22+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-07-18T02:25:24+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-07T21:11:07+00:00** Chapter 491, (2025 Laws): Effective date July 17, 2025.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8421e5f3-f33c-4611-8f6e-906bb286e7d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).