---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to plans for responding to fire; and declaring an emergency."
description: "<i>Requires governing body of county that contains at-risk land, as defined, to develop, or solicit proposals for development of, fire response plan or wildfire response plan.</i>]"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "HB 2522"
citation: "Oregon HB 2522 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Brock Smith", "Lily Morgan", "Pam Marsh"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-09T16:13:56+00:00"
last_action: "2023-07-26T17:51:21+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d7cc833-4c7a-4875-b685-0d08728efd99"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/HB2522"
source_hash: "44c237c630a87dbbd6226dd56092032afb45ec7cfd2d0becd9a444518adab9ee"
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 2522 (2023R1) — Relating to plans for responding to fire; and declaring an emergency.

<i>Requires governing body of county that contains at-risk land, as defined, to develop, or solicit proposals for development of, fire response plan or wildfire response plan.</i>]

## 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/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2522/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2522/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2522/A-Engrossed)
4. **HEMGGV Amendment -4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/23658)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2522/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Golden. Passed. — **23–2** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **3–1** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Marsh. Passed. — **45–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Brock Smith — primary (person)
- Lily Morgan — primary (person)
- Pam Marsh — primary (person)
- David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09T16:13:56+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16T17:42:49+00:00** Referred to Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-03-28T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-04-03T16:08:54+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04T18:20:48+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-05T19:53:18+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 6, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-04-06T19:34:32+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 10, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-04-11T00:45:46+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 11, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-04-12T01:02:56+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 12, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-04-13T00:35:04+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Marsh. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-13T23:20:23+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17T23:42:27+00:00** Referred to Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-05-03T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-06-15T15:13:12+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-15T21:55:03+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-16T19:18:31+00:00** Carried over to 06-20 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-06-21T00:07:02+00:00** Carried over to 06-21 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-06-21T23:40:01+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Golden. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-24T18:06:15+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-24T23:08:16+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-21T23:41:01+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Anderson.
- **2023-07-18T20:55:25+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-26T17:51:21+00:00** Chapter 310, (2023 Laws): Effective date July 18, 2023.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d7cc833-4c7a-4875-b685-0d08728efd99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).