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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to natural resources."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
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legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
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session: "2025R1"
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identifier: "HB 2978"
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citation: "Oregon HB 2978 (2025R1)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chris Gorsek", "Ken Helm", "Pam Marsh"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-05-20T18:52:15+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a23e8a63-1bfd-4b35-afc8-aeff0585bfac"
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source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2978"
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source_hash: "f31a1051237c7ca09851bbd9f389ad7f25989b0f83926c23efd76b6d66b4d9df"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-or"]
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---
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# Oregon HB 2978 (2025R1) — Relating to natural resources.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2978/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
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2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2978/Introduced)
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3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2978/A-Engrossed)
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4. **HALNRW Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/26674)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2978/Enrolled)
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## Votes
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- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third reading. Carried by Helm. Passed. — **53–3** (pass) · lower
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- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. — **24–3** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Chris Gorsek — primary (person)
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- Ken Helm — primary (person)
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- Pam Marsh — primary (person)
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- Annessa Hartman — cosponsor (person)
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- April Dobson — cosponsor (person)
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- Ben Bowman — cosponsor (person)
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- Bobby Levy — cosponsor (person)
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- Court Boice — cosponsor (person)
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- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
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- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
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- E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
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- Emerson Levy — cosponsor (person)
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- Farrah Chaichi — cosponsor (person)
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- Hai Pham — cosponsor (person)
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- Hoa Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
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- Jason Kropf — cosponsor (person)
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- John Lively — cosponsor (person)
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- Jules Walters — cosponsor (person)
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- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
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- Lesly Muñoz — cosponsor (person)
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- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
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- Lisa Fragala — cosponsor (person)
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- Mari Watanabe — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark Owens — cosponsor (person)
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- Sara Gelser Blouin — cosponsor (person)
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- Sarah McDonald — cosponsor (person)
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- Tom Andersen — cosponsor (person)
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- Travis Nelson — cosponsor (person)
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- Zach Hudson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2025-02-05T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
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- **2025-03-10T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
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- **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`
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- **2025-03-11T19:48:55+00:00** Subsequent referral to Ways and Means rescinded by order of the Speaker.
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- **2025-03-13T18:37:57+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-17T18:34:10+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 18, 2025 Calendar.
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- **2025-03-18T19:03:48+00:00** Motion to rerefer to Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water carried. Rereferred.
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- **2025-03-18T19:02:48+00:00** Third reading.
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- **2025-03-24T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
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- **2025-03-27T20:19:27+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-31T19:00:42+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Helm. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-01T18:26:18+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-01T21:20:53+00:00** Referred to Natural Resources and Wildfire. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-15T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
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- **2025-04-17T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
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- **2025-04-24T16:18:07+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-24T17:42:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-28T19:20:57+00:00** Carried over to 04-29 by unanimous consent.
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- **2025-04-29T19:37:40+00:00** Carried over to 04-30 by unanimous consent.
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- **2025-04-30T19:02:32+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-05-01T17:16:51+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2025-05-01T19:29:25+00:00** President signed. `passage`
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- **2025-05-08T19:33:09+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-20T18:52:15+00:00** Chapter 42, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a23e8a63-1bfd-4b35-afc8-aeff0585bfac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).
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