---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the State Forester; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Transfers the authority to appoint a State Forester from the State Board of Forestry to the Governor, subject to Senate confirmation. <b>Declares an emergency, effective on passage.</b>"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "SB 1051"
citation: "Oregon SB 1051 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kayse Jama"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-18T19:12:03+00:00"
last_action: "2025-07-25T17:17:50+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8905fb8-251b-451e-b8e8-72efc0bd6887"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB1051"
source_hash: "3df997df1507e5aa76538adf220a3625707a8d621a53c1e299356185b62ae949"
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 SB 1051 (2025R1) — Relating to the State Forester; and declaring an emergency.

Transfers the authority to appoint a State Forester from the State Board of Forestry to the Governor, subject to Senate confirmation. <b>Declares an emergency, effective on passage.</b>

## 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/SB1051/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1051/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1051/A-Engrossed)
4. **SRULES Amendment -4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/29465)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1051/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Helm. Passed. — **36–11** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Jama. Passed. — **23–6** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kayse Jama — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-18T19:12:03+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18T20:39:56+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-06-11T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-06-16T21:23:29+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-17T18:21:19+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-18T19:19:12+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Jama. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-18T20:33:51+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-18T20:57:24+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-19T23:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-06-23T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-06-24T00:23:45+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-24T19:13:54+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-26T02:42:23+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 26, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-06-26T20:26:45+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Helm. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-27T22:58:40+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-28T04:01:10+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-07-17T17:03:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-25T17:09:25+00:00** Chapter 544, 2025 Laws.
- **2025-07-25T17:17:50+00:00** 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/d8905fb8-251b-451e-b8e8-72efc0bd6887`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).