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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to voluntarily fighting fire."
description: "Provides that person who voluntarily fights wildfire on private forestland is not civilly liable for injury to person or property resulting from good faith performance of firefighting efforts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "SB 864"
citation: "Oregon SB 864 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Woods", "Bill Hansell"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-09T19:28:41+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-16T23:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c827484a-75fd-491c-a9c5-95007bce542a"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/SB864"
source_hash: "2e7dfcf687cb8184a62e9966b0c6cb5a3094be5c3c7a25da2041737738b0a93a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-or"]
---
# Oregon SB 864 (2023R1) — Relating to voluntarily fighting fire.
Provides that person who voluntarily fights wildfire on private forestland is not civilly liable for injury to person or property resulting from good faith performance of firefighting efforts.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB864/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB864/Enrolled)
## Votes
- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Morgan. Passed. — **55–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Aaron Woods — primary (person)
- Bill Hansell — primary (person)
- Brian Stout — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- Court Boice — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- James Hieb — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Lily Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Lynn Findley — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-09T19:28:41+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13T17:23:57+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-03-20T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-03-27T16:22:57+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27T17:34:50+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-28T19:10:40+00:00** Carried over to 03-29 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-03-29T20:10:13+00:00** Carried over to 03-30 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-03-30T19:25:50+00:00** Carried over to 04-03 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-04-03T17:34:01+00:00** Carried over to 04-04 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-04-04T18:56:34+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T17:24:48+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-07T16:22:53+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-04-19T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-04-21T14:44:24+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-24T19:05:24+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-25T19:38:12+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 26, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-04-26T19:06:57+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 27, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-04-27T19:12:50+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Morgan. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-01T23:48:07+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-05-02T22:10:52+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-05-08T20:12:01+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-16T22:45:00+00:00** Chapter 77, 2023 Laws.
- **2023-05-16T23:00:00+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2024.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c827484a-75fd-491c-a9c5-95007bce542a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).