---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to protecting beavers."
description: "[<i>Instructs the State Fish and Wildlife Commission to adopt rules that prohibit</i>] <b>Prohibits</b> a person from taking a beaver on waters or watersheds that are classified in a certain manner or on public land that is within the watersheds or within 200 feet of the ordinary high water mark of the waters. [<i>Creates an</i>] <b>Provides exceptions, including an</b> exception for employees of federal and state land management agencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "HB 3932"
citation: "Oregon HB 3932 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Bowman", "Chris Gorsek", "Dacia Grayber", "Jeff Golden", "Pam Marsh"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-03-18T19:02:15+00:00"
last_action: "2025-07-25T17:45:38+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad1a6e0b-08c8-4a36-851c-f7c43e68cff0"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3932"
source_hash: "b0f77a087303da6380fd109dd0abea3b09228b9b7608f509a357b64714d7ddaf"
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 3932 (2025R1) — Relating to protecting beavers.

[<i>Instructs the State Fish and Wildlife Commission to adopt rules that prohibit</i>] <b>Prohibits</b> a person from taking a beaver on waters or watersheds that are classified in a certain manner or on public land that is within the watersheds or within 200 feet of the ordinary high water mark of the waters. [<i>Creates an</i>] <b>Provides exceptions, including an</b> exception for employees of federal and state land management agencies.

## 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/HB3932/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3932/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3932/A-Engrossed)
4. **HCEE Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/28151)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3932/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Marsh. Passed. — **35–18** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–4** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Golden. Passed. — **17–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ben Bowman — primary (person)
- Chris Gorsek — primary (person)
- Dacia Grayber — primary (person)
- Jeff Golden — primary (person)
- Pam Marsh — primary (person)
- Annessa Hartman — cosponsor (person)
- David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Emerson Levy — cosponsor (person)
- Farrah Chaichi — cosponsor (person)
- Hoa Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Kropf — cosponsor (person)
- John Lively — cosponsor (person)
- Jules Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Helm — cosponsor (person)
- Khanh Pham — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Fragala — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Rep Neron — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah McDonald — cosponsor (person)
- Susan McLain — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Andersen — cosponsor (person)
- Willy Chotzen — cosponsor (person)
- Zach Hudson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-18T19:02:15+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18T22:32:30+00:00** Referred to Climate, Energy, and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-04-08T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-04-14T21:18:55+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-15T18:26:09+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16T19:50:15+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 17, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-04-17T18:22:50+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 21, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-04-21T19:59:53+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Marsh. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-22T19:24:51+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22T19:47:55+00:00** Referred to Natural Resources and Wildfire. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-06T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-05-08T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-20T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-06-02T16:42:36+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-02T18:41:44+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-03T19:39:23+00:00** Carried over to 06-04 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-04T19:31:28+00:00** Carried over to 06-05 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-05T19:02:25+00:00** Carried over to 06-09 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-09T19:36:00+00:00** Carried over to 06-10 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-10T19:18:32+00:00** Carried over to 06-11 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-12T00:22:01+00:00** Carried over to 06-12 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-12T22:52:30+00:00** Carried over to 06-16 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-16T22:47:31+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Golden. 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 451, (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/ad1a6e0b-08c8-4a36-851c-f7c43e68cff0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).