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Bill Relating to civil immunity for volunteers fighting wildfires. Makes person voluntarily fighting wildfire immune from civil liability for injury resulting from good faith performance of firefighting efforts.<b> Creates exceptions.</b> us/states/or Oregon Legislative Assembly 2019 Regular Session SB 290 Oregon SB 290 (2019 Regular Session)
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Oregon SB 290 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to civil immunity for volunteers fighting wildfires.

Makes person voluntarily fighting wildfire immune from civil liability for injury resulting from good faith performance of firefighting efforts. Creates exceptions.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Senate Amendments to Introduced (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB290/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
  3. A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  4. SJUD Amendment -2 (committee substitute) — source
  5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Third reading. Carried by Stark. Passed. — 550 (pass) · lower
  • Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 70 (pass) · upper
  • Heard and Reported Out — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. — 300 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Betsy Johnson — primary (person)
  • Bill Hansell — primary (person)
  • Daniel Bonham — cosponsor (person)
  • Duane Stark — cosponsor (person)
  • Greg Barreto — cosponsor (person)
  • Lynn Findley — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00 Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2019-01-15T16:47:07+00:00 Referred to Judiciary. referral-committee
  • 2019-03-26T15:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
  • 2019-04-01T15:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
  • 2019-04-05T17:34:57+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-04-08T17:15:19+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
  • 2019-04-09T17:12:38+00:00 Carried over to 04-10 by unanimous consent.
  • 2019-04-10T18:17:40+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. passage, reading-3
  • 2019-04-11T17:27:37+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2019-04-18T23:16:07+00:00 Referred to Judiciary. referral-committee
  • 2019-04-30T20:31:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
  • 2019-05-02T20:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
  • 2019-05-07T23:29:23+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-05-08T19:07:58+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
  • 2019-05-09T19:03:10+00:00 Carried over to May 13, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
  • 2019-05-13T23:01:03+00:00 Carried over to May 14, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
  • 2019-05-14T19:29:10+00:00 Carried over to May 15, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
  • 2019-05-15T19:27:33+00:00 Carried over to May 16, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
  • 2019-05-16T18:33:40+00:00 Carried over to May 17, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
  • 2019-05-17T18:57:34+00:00 Carried over to May 20, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
  • 2019-05-20T19:29:22+00:00 Carried over to May 21, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
  • 2019-05-21T19:06:09+00:00 Carried over to May 22, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
  • 2019-05-23T02:07:29+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Stark. Passed. passage, reading-3
  • 2019-05-28T16:32:42+00:00 President signed. passage
  • 2019-05-28T20:57:27+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
  • 2019-06-04T22:07:40+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
  • 2019-06-10T16:05:04+00:00 Chapter 245, 2019 Laws.
  • 2019-06-10T16:12:23+00:00 Effective date, January 1, 2020.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/be61ede9-cc79-4133-a17f-0a8f53321e00. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).