---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to forestland closures."
description: "Eliminates the closure of forestland, due to fire danger, by permit closure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "HB 2817"
citation: "Oregon HB 2817 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-06T21:06:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb72632e-9a30-4f66-8d6d-51916fc4ea47"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2817"
source_hash: "92240feaec73c49058e63f0416140bcc0769b9ff50173b8349dfea461e77efd6"
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 2817 (2025R1) — Relating to forestland closures.

Eliminates the closure of forestland, due to fire danger, by permit closure.

## 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/HB2817/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2817/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Golden. Passed. — **25–1** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Osborne. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## 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 Climate, Energy, and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-02-06T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-02-20T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-02-24T18:52:41+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25T19:45:35+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-27T20:06:57+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 4, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-03-04T19:52:24+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Osborne. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-06T18:55:18+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06T20:18:31+00:00** Referred to Natural Resources and Wildfire. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-17T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-04-22T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-04-29T16:46:31+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-29T18:37:11+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-30T18:48:35+00:00** Carried over to 05-01 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-05-01T18:54:11+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Golden. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-05T18:15:13+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-05T20:46:04+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-12T20:19:17+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-06T21:06:59+00:00** Chapter 59, (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/bb72632e-9a30-4f66-8d6d-51916fc4ea47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).