republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2025r1/hb-2978.md

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Bill	Relating to natural resources.	Makes certain changes concerning a program to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions. Instructs the Department of Transportation and the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to establish an advisory group. Makes certain changes related to reporting on the program.	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2025R1	HB 2978	Oregon HB 2978 (2025R1)	bill		enacted	Chris Gorsek Ken Helm Pam Marsh	5	26	5	2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00	2025-05-20T18:52:15+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/a23e8a63-1bfd-4b35-afc8-aeff0585bfac	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2978	f31a1051237c7ca09851bbd9f389ad7f25989b0f83926c23efd76b6d66b4d9df	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon HB 2978 (2025R1) — Relating to natural resources.

Makes certain changes concerning a program to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions. Instructs the Department of Transportation and the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to establish an advisory group. Makes certain changes related to reporting on the program.

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 -2 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Heard and Reported Out — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Third reading. Carried by Helm. Passed. — 53–3 (pass) · lower
• Heard and Reported Out — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. — 24–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chris Gorsek — primary (person)
• Ken Helm — primary (person)
• Pam Marsh — primary (person)
• Annessa Hartman — cosponsor (person)
• April Dobson — cosponsor (person)
• Ben Bowman — cosponsor (person)
• Bobby Levy — cosponsor (person)
• Court Boice — cosponsor (person)
• Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
• David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
• David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
• E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
• Emerson Levy — cosponsor (person)
• Farrah Chaichi — cosponsor (person)
• Hai Pham — cosponsor (person)
• Hoa Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
• Jason Kropf — cosponsor (person)
• John Lively — cosponsor (person)
• Jules Walters — cosponsor (person)
• Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
• Lesly Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
• Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
• Lisa Fragala — cosponsor (person)
• Mari Watanabe — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Owens — cosponsor (person)
• Sara Gelser Blouin — cosponsor (person)
• Sarah McDonald — cosponsor (person)
• Tom Andersen — cosponsor (person)
• Travis Nelson — cosponsor (person)
• Zach Hudson — 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 with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2025-02-05T16:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2025-03-10T15:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-03-11T19:48:54+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and subsequent referral to Ways and Means be rescinded. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-11T19:48:55+00:00 Subsequent referral to Ways and Means rescinded by order of the Speaker.
• 2025-03-13T18:37:57+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2025-03-17T18:34:10+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to March 18, 2025 Calendar.
• 2025-03-18T19:03:48+00:00 Motion to rerefer to Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water carried. Rereferred.
• 2025-03-18T19:02:48+00:00 Third reading.
• 2025-03-24T15:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-03-27T20:19:27+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-31T19:00:42+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Helm. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2025-04-01T18:26:18+00:00 First reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-04-01T21:20:53+00:00 Referred to Natural Resources and Wildfire. referral-committee
• 2025-04-15T20:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2025-04-17T20:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-04-24T16:18:07+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-24T17:42:10+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2025-04-28T19:20:57+00:00 Carried over to 04-29 by unanimous consent.
• 2025-04-29T19:37:40+00:00 Carried over to 04-30 by unanimous consent.
• 2025-04-30T19:02:32+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2025-05-01T17:16:51+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2025-05-01T19:29:25+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2025-05-08T19:33:09+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2025-05-20T18:52:15+00:00 Chapter 42, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a23e8a63-1bfd-4b35-afc8-aeff0585bfac. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).