republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2025r1/hb-2982.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Relating to small watercraft.	Increases boating fees and deposits moneys into the Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Fund. Provides that a waterway access permit is required while operating a nonmotorized boat of any length.<b> Creates exceptions.</b>	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2025R1	HB 2982	Oregon HB 2982 (2025R1)	bill		enacted	Chris Gorsek Ken Helm Mark Owens Susan McLain	5	29	4	2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00	2025-07-25T17:45:38+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/5a61a3ad-870f-4ee6-b0a8-d6893b4cd76a	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2982	077e10ed49f6c89085d1e0d564f0afbaab62d2f30d7edfde2a3c61590aafc105	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon HB 2982 (2025R1) — Relating to small watercraft.

Increases boating fees and deposits moneys into the Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Fund. Provides that a waterway access permit is required while operating a nonmotorized boat of any length. Creates exceptions.

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

Votes

• Third reading. Carried by Anderson, Frederick. Passed. — 19–9 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out — 32–10 (pass) · legislature
• Third reading. Carried by Helm. Passed. — 47–6 (pass) · lower
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 9–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chris Gorsek — primary (person)
• Ken Helm — primary (person)
• Mark Owens — primary (person)
• Susan McLain — primary (person)
• Annessa Hartman — cosponsor (person)
• Bobby Levy — cosponsor (person)
• Farrah Chaichi — cosponsor (person)
• Jeff Golden — cosponsor (person)
• Jules Walters — cosponsor (person)
• Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
• Tom Andersen — cosponsor (person)
• Wlnsvey Campos — 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
• 2025-02-10T16:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2025-03-19T15:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-03-24T17:05:26+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-24T17:05:27+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker. referral-committee
• 2025-04-30T18:31:00+00:00 Assigned to Subcommittee On Natural Resources. referral-committee
• 2025-05-07T22:03:00+00:00 Returned to Full Committee.
• 2025-05-07T22:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-05-16T16:32:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-05-20T20:58:28+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-21T19:05:46+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2025-05-22T19:47:54+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Helm. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2025-05-27T18:00:44+00:00 First reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-05-27T21:14:56+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2025-05-29T16:14:08+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-29T21:23:10+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2025-06-02T19:24:04+00:00 Carried over to 06-03 by unanimous consent.
• 2025-06-03T19:39:23+00:00 Carried over to 06-04 by unanimous consent.
• 2025-06-04T19:31:28+00:00 Carried over to 06-05 by unanimous consent.
• 2025-06-05T19:02:25+00:00 Carried over to 06-09 by unanimous consent.
• 2025-06-09T19:36:00+00:00 Carried over to 06-10 by unanimous consent.
• 2025-06-10T19:18:32+00:00 Carried over to 06-11 by unanimous consent.
• 2025-06-12T00:22:01+00:00 Carried over to 06-12 by unanimous consent.
• 2025-06-12T19:21:03+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Anderson, Frederick. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2025-06-13T19:59:45+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2025-06-16T22:18:39+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2025-06-24T20:52:56+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2025-07-25T17:45:38+00:00 Chapter 381, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5a61a3ad-870f-4ee6-b0a8-d6893b4cd76a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).