---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Columbia River fisheries; declaring an emergency."
description: "<b>Digest: The Act stops the lottery for Columbia River gillnet fishing permits. The Act directs an agency to start a work group to make suggestions on creating a program for buying the permits from willing sellers. The Act directs the agency to report on the suggestions of the work group on a due date. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.9).</b>"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2024R1"
identifier: "SB 1509"
citation: "Oregon SB 1509 (2024R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-05T15:05:18+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-28T19:49:35+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92f29021-4796-456b-9f2d-298daff4b86f"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/SB1509"
source_hash: "3bf562783a8744f446e8caf43483b1c9adfe4696f5fdc52f7fdbc798719235f5"
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 1509 (2024R1) — Relating to Columbia River fisheries; declaring an emergency.

<b>Digest: The Act stops the lottery for Columbia River gillnet fishing permits. The Act directs an agency to start a work group to make suggestions on creating a program for buying the permits from willing sellers. The Act directs the agency to report on the suggestions of the work group on a due date. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.9).</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/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1509/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1509/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1509/A-Engrossed)
4. **SNR Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/25653)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1509/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Helm. Passed. — **53–3** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Girod. Passed. — **29–1** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05T15:05:18+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05T17:31:30+00:00** Referred to Natural Resources and Wildfire, then Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2024-02-13T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-02-16T17:26:02+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and subsequent referral to Ways and Means be rescinded. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-16T17:26:03+00:00** Subsequent referral rescinded by order of the President.
- **2024-02-19T19:11:02+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20T19:54:52+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Girod. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-21T18:22:21+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21T22:31:37+00:00** Referred to Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27T23:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2024-02-28T17:30:24+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-28T20:01:22+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29T22:29:15+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 4, 2024 Calendar.
- **2024-03-04T23:45:03+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Helm. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-06T20:03:59+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-06T23:35:25+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-27T19:48:17+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28T19:46:49+00:00** Chapter 48, 2024 Laws.
- **2024-03-28T19:49:35+00:00** Effective date, March 27, 2024.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92f29021-4796-456b-9f2d-298daff4b86f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).