---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the financial administration of the State Forestry Department; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Appropriates moneys from General Fund to State Forestry Department for certain biennial expenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "HB 5020"
citation: "Oregon HB 5020 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-02T18:23:53+00:00"
last_action: "2023-08-04T19:09:04+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31315ae8-24fe-4256-ae56-11f5661a8f3f"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/HB5020"
source_hash: "12a4d1074b7f5771e6e50e3ac7afffa232ef68a0b45e4d0e884865f83109565f"
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 5020 (2023R1) — Relating to the financial administration of the State Forestry Department; and declaring an emergency.

Appropriates moneys from General Fund to State Forestry Department for certain biennial expenses.

## 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/HB5020/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB5020/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB5020/A-Engrossed)
4. **JWM Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/25296)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB5020/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Pham K. Passed. — **46–13** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. — **20–4** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **34–8** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-02T18:23:53+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02T23:52:52+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28T21:01:00+00:00** Informational Meeting held.
- **2023-03-01T21:01:00+00:00** Informational Meeting held.
- **2023-03-02T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-02-02T23:58:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-30T20:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2023-05-30T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-06-08T00:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-06-09T15:31:03+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-13T17:52:11+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-13T22:00:32+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Pham K. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-13T22:01:32+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Elmer, Levy B.
- **2023-06-15T18:26:05+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-16T18:21:13+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21T17:56:10+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-21T20:11:35+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-23T01:49:10+00:00** Carried over to 06-23 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-06-23T23:23:23+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-25T23:01:27+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-27T18:54:47+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-07-27T22:17:02+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-23T23:24:23+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Anderson.
- **2023-08-04T19:09:04+00:00** Chapter 453, (2023 Laws): Effective date July 27, 2023.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31315ae8-24fe-4256-ae56-11f5661a8f3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).