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| Bill | Relating to wildfire; prescribing an effective date; and providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths majority. | [<i>Places a surcharge on sales of beverage containers for purposes of wildfire prevention and response.</i>] [<i>Directs insurance retaliatory tax revenue to wildfire prevention and response.</i>] [<i>Transfers one-half percent of General Fund appropriations per biennium to funds for wildfire prevention and response.</i>] [<i>Transfers 50 percent of the amount held in the Oregon Rainy Day Fund to funds for wildfire prevention and response.</i>] <b>Imposes a tax on the distribution of oral nicotine products. Directs the revenues to purposes related to wildfire. Directs a portion of the interest from the Rainy Day Fund to purposes related to wildfire. Removes the end date for completion of certain wildfire risk reduction projects.</b> Makes certain changes related to the forest products harvest tax, forest protection districts, minimum assessments and surcharges, the Emergency Fire Cost Committee, forestland acreage assessments, zones for fire protection in certain areas and rural fire protection districts. [<i>Authorizes certain transfers from the State Fire Marshal Mobilization Fund. Requires the Legislative Assembly to make moneys available to the State Forestry Department and the Department of the State Fire Marshal to repay loans from the State Treasurer for wildfire suppression costs.</i>] <b>Directs the State Treasurer to transfer moneys between agencies when requested for certain wildfire costs. Appropriates moneys to a borrowing agency if the agency has insufficient available moneys to repay transferred amounts.</b> Creates an offset against fire protection costs for certain forestland.<b> Removes transfer and reporting requirements relating to the State Forestry Department Cash Flow Repayment Fund. Provides for a grant program for retrofitting of dwellings for wildfire resilience.</b> Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die. | us/states/or | Oregon Legislative Assembly | 2025R1 | HB 3940 | Oregon HB 3940 (2025R1) |
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Oregon HB 3940 (2025R1) — Relating to wildfire; prescribing an effective date; and providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths majority.
[Places a surcharge on sales of beverage containers for purposes of wildfire prevention and response.] [Directs insurance retaliatory tax revenue to wildfire prevention and response.] [Transfers one-half percent of General Fund appropriations per biennium to funds for wildfire prevention and response.] [Transfers 50 percent of the amount held in the Oregon Rainy Day Fund to funds for wildfire prevention and response.] Imposes a tax on the distribution of oral nicotine products. Directs the revenues to purposes related to wildfire. Directs a portion of the interest from the Rainy Day Fund to purposes related to wildfire. Removes the end date for completion of certain wildfire risk reduction projects. Makes certain changes related to the forest products harvest tax, forest protection districts, minimum assessments and surcharges, the Emergency Fire Cost Committee, forestland acreage assessments, zones for fire protection in certain areas and rural fire protection districts. [Authorizes certain transfers from the State Fire Marshal Mobilization Fund. Requires the Legislative Assembly to make moneys available to the State Forestry Department and the Department of the State Fire Marshal to repay loans from the State Treasurer for wildfire suppression costs.] Directs the State Treasurer to transfer moneys between agencies when requested for certain wildfire costs. Appropriates moneys to a borrowing agency if the agency has insufficient available moneys to repay transferred amounts. Creates an offset against fire protection costs for certain forestland. Removes transfer and reporting requirements relating to the State Forestry Department Cash Flow Repayment Fund. Provides for a grant program for retrofitting of dwellings for wildfire resilience. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- House Amendments to Introduced (filed) — source
- Introduced (filed) — source
- A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- B-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- HCEE Amendment -1 (committee substitute) — source
- HREV Amendment -A24 (committee substitute) — source
- House Amendments to A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 11–1 (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Levy B. Passed. — 37–8 (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — 3–2 (pass) · upper
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Broadman, Golden. Passed. — 20–8 (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 6–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Anthony Broadman — primary (person)
- Bobby Levy — primary (person)
- John Lively — primary (person)
- Kate Lieber — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-03-18T19:02:15+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
introduction, reading-1, referral-committee - 2025-03-18T22:32:30+00:00 Referred to Climate, Energy, and Environment with subsequent referral to Revenue.
referral-committee - 2025-04-01T15:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
- 2025-04-08T15:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
- 2025-04-15T18:04:06+00:00 Without recommendation as to passage, with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Revenue by prior reference.
- 2025-04-15T18:04:07+00:00 Referred to Revenue by prior reference.
referral-committee - 2025-05-01T22:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
- 2025-06-18T21:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
- 2025-06-19T22:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
- 2025-06-20T01:21:19+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed.
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-06-20T18:45:56+00:00 Second reading.
reading-2 - 2025-06-23T22:52:59+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Levy B. Passed.
passage, reading-3 - 2025-06-24T18:18:10+00:00 First reading. Referred to President's desk.
introduction, reading-1, referral-committee - 2025-06-24T18:28:20+00:00 Referred to Rules.
referral-committee - 2025-06-24T20:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
- 2025-06-25T20:32:00+00:00 Work Session held.
- 2025-06-26T16:44:59+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill.
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-06-26T17:44:27+00:00 Second reading.
reading-2 - 2025-06-26T22:08:59+00:00 Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Broadman, Golden. Passed.
passage, reading-3 - 2025-06-26T22:09:59+00:00 Nash declared potential conflict of interest.
- 2025-06-27T21:26:47+00:00 Speaker signed.
passage - 2025-06-27T22:58:40+00:00 President signed.
passage - 2025-07-24T23:48:12+00:00 Governor signed.
executive-signature - 2025-08-13T19:42:36+00:00 Chapter 581, (2025 Laws): Effective date September 26, 2025.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/450f074e-07e3-43ae-ae42-34971e82b866. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).