---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to fees imposed by the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries."
description: "Increases fees charged by the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "SB 836"
citation: "Oregon SB 836 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00"
last_action: "2025-08-08T15:10:01+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b429c70-c56e-4ed2-bd5e-c6da5ba560af"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB836"
source_hash: "92827d2cf7e5822076ff72f12715f8c7fbac915e1f570f96782f08c3c3a18598"
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 836 (2025R1) — Relating to fees imposed by the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries.

Increases fees charged by the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries.

## 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/SB836/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB836/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB836/A-Engrossed)
4. **SRULES Amendment -4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/29311)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB836/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Lively. Passed. — **31–14** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **28–18** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. — **18–12** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **3–2** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-17T22:13:22+00:00** Referred to Natural Resources and Wildfire, then Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-03-25T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-03-31T21:38:04+00:00** Recommedation: Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Rules and then Ways and Means by prior reference.
- **2025-03-31T21:38:05+00:00** Referred to Rules by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-19T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-05-28T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-29T22:14:05+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-29T22:14:06+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-30T22:05:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-03T23:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2025-06-03T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-06-06T15:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-06-12T16:09:12+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-12T18:49:25+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-16T21:50:24+00:00** Carried over to 06-17 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-17T18:25:46+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-17T19:17:44+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-17T20:49:51+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-19T00:50:50+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-19T19:03:03+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-20T21:29:17+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 23, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-06-23T23:30:38+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 24, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-06-24T20:51:49+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Lively. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-25T23:07:13+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-26T16:37:09+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-07-24T21:34:59+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-08T15:06:12+00:00** Chapter 601, 2025 Laws.
- **2025-08-08T15:10:01+00:00** 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/2b429c70-c56e-4ed2-bd5e-c6da5ba560af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).