republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2025r1/sb-504.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to bioengineering for the protection of coastal resources."
description: "Requires the Land Conservation and Development Commission to adopt rules by January 1, 2028, to provide guidance on nonstructural, nature-based solutions for shoreline stabilization. <b>Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Department of Land Conservation and Development for the purpose of adopting rules.</b> Allows the Department of State Lands and the State Parks and Recreation Department to adopt conforming rules by January 1, 2029."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "SB 504"
citation: "Oregon SB 504 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Brock Smith"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00"
last_action: "2025-08-08T15:10:01+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c00c018b-5a44-437b-9666-0e58d068a62c"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB504"
source_hash: "d63c0d0b3d42c192062d74b54e00592e9ed835ab489b2a6665dc43a0605ccb35"
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 504 (2025R1) — Relating to bioengineering for the protection of coastal resources.

Requires the Land Conservation and Development Commission to adopt rules by January 1, 2028, to provide guidance on nonstructural, nature-based solutions for shoreline stabilization. <b>Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Department of Land Conservation and Development for the purpose of adopting rules.</b> Allows the Department of State Lands and the State Parks and Recreation Department to adopt conforming rules by January 1, 2029.

## 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/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB504/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB504/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB504/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB504/B-Engrossed)
5. **JWM Amendment -A5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/29689)
6. **SNRW Amendment -4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/26500)
7. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB504/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB504/Enrolled)

## Votes

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

## 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.
- **2025-02-18T21:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-02-25T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-02-28T22:12:38+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-28T22:12:39+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.
- **2025-06-20T21:05:55+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-23T17:39:32+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-23T22:29:57+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`
- **2025-06-25T17:32:39+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-26T01:29:22+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-26T21:08:07+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 597, 2025 Laws.
- **2025-08-08T15:10:01+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2026.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c00c018b-5a44-437b-9666-0e58d068a62c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).