republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2025r1/hb-2256.md

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Bill	Relating to sales of units of land not lawfully established for conservation purposes.	Exempts the seller and [<i>the nonprofit purchaser of</i>] <b>a nonprofit, public body or tribe that purchases</b> property for conservation purposes from civil or criminal liability for selling <b>certain</b> units of land not lawfully established.<b> Cancels exception for a purchaser who resells the land to the private market within five years of the land being deeded for conservation purposes.</b>	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2025R1	HB 2256	Oregon HB 2256 (2025R1)	bill		enacted	Floyd Prozanski James Manning Jr. Lisa Fragala	5	20	4	2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00	2025-06-06T21:06:59+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/4ccbb9e0-04da-42cb-bd52-a0bfbec03edc	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2256	c8610ba3b68a0fbb5ada601b1f6bdb4f34d32ece0bbb1cefe163b1832f53255c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon HB 2256 (2025R1) — Relating to sales of units of land not lawfully established for conservation purposes.

Exempts the seller and [the nonprofit purchaser of] a nonprofit, public body or tribe that purchases property for conservation purposes from civil or criminal liability for selling certain units of land not lawfully established. Cancels exception for a purchaser who resells the land to the private market within five years of the land being deeded for conservation purposes.

Version chain

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

1. House Amendments to Introduced (filed) — source
2. Introduced (filed) — source
3. A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. HALNRW Amendment -1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — 17–11 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• Third reading. Carried by Fragala. Passed. — 45–12 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Floyd Prozanski — primary (person)
• James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
• Lisa Fragala — primary (person)
• Jeff Golden — cosponsor (person)
• John Lively — cosponsor (person)
• Kathleen Taylor — cosponsor (person)
• Khanh Pham — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Owens — cosponsor (person)
• Sara Gelser Blouin — cosponsor (person)
• Tom Andersen — cosponsor (person)

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 Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water. referral-committee
• 2025-02-03T16:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2025-02-26T16:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-02-28T19:26:17+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-04T19:36:10+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2025-03-06T19:50:51+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Fragala. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2025-03-10T17:58:24+00:00 First reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-03-11T16:11:09+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.
• 2025-04-29T16:46:21+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. 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.
• 2025-05-01T19:03:19+00:00 Carried over to 05-05 by unanimous consent.
• 2025-05-05T18:35:51+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2025-05-06T18:41:51+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2025-05-06T19:30:33+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2025-05-12T20:19:17+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2025-06-06T21:06:59+00:00 Chapter 51, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4ccbb9e0-04da-42cb-bd52-a0bfbec03edc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).