republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2025r1/sb-494.md

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Bill	Relating to employment of forestry workers; and declaring an emergency.	Requires the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to study classification and compensation for forestry and wildland fire positions in state government. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to natural resources and wildfire not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027. <b>Declares an emergency, effective on passage.</b>	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2025R1	SB 494	Oregon SB 494 (2025R1)	bill		enacted	David Brock Smith	5	23	4	2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00	2025-08-08T15:10:01+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/0cc726c4-944f-48d7-ac6f-e860c6aedbc3	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB494	4ecc6f2772e5d4d064ae18e970843bdb754232a6553b12e4ef13a477af4a3aff	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon SB 494 (2025R1) — Relating to employment of forestry workers; and declaring an emergency.

Requires the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to study classification and compensation for forestry and wildland fire positions in state government. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to natural resources and wildfire not later than September 15, 2026. Sunsets on January 2, 2027. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

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
3. A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. JWM Amendment -1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Girod. Passed. — 29–0 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Third reading. Carried by Drazan. Passed. — 48–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David Brock Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00 Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-01-17T22:13:22+00:00 Referred to Natural Resources and Wildfire. referral-committee
• 2025-02-06T21:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2025-02-25T21:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-02-28T22:12:36+00:00 Recommendation: Do Pass and be referred to Ways and Means.
• 2025-02-28T22:12:37+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President. referral-committee
• 2025-06-13T14:57:00+00:00 Assigned to Subcommittee On Capital Construction. referral-committee
• 2025-06-16T15:33:00+00:00 Returned to Full Committee.
• 2025-06-16T15:32:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-06-18T23:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-06-20T21:05:54+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-23T17:39:32+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2025-06-23T22:28:00+00:00 Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Girod. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2025-06-23T22:57:17+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-06-23T23:09:35+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2025-06-25T17:32:38+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-26T01:29:22+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2025-06-26T21:07:03+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Drazan. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2025-06-27T22:58:40+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2025-06-28T04:01:10+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2025-07-24T21:34:59+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2025-08-08T15:06:12+00:00 Chapter 596, 2025 Laws.
• 2025-08-08T15:10:01+00:00 Effective date, July 24, 2025.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0cc726c4-944f-48d7-ac6f-e860c6aedbc3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).