Wildfires

HB 3103A State timber harvesting at sustainable levels

Posted on April 12, 2025 by Donna | 2 Comments

Directs the State Forester to establish sustainable harvest levels for harvesting timber on state forestland and develop a timber inventory model to inform sustainable harvest levels to prevent wildfires. Directs the State Forester to establish sustainable harvest levels for harvesting timber on state forestland and develop a timber inventory model to inform sustainable harvest levels. Directs the State Forester to…

SB 1177 Steals Kicker for Wildfire Funding

Posted on April 7, 2025 by Donna | 0 Comments

The Act changes the kicker estimate to fund help against wildfire. Increases the amount of the estimate of revenues that will be received from General Fund revenue sources other than corporate income and excise taxes for the biennium beginning July 1, 2023. Requires that the difference between the amount actually collected and the amount estimated after the close of…

HB 3940 tax on drinks, etc for fire protection

Posted on April 5, 2025 by Donna | 3 Comments

The Act raises and moves money to pay for wildfire costs. The Act makes certain changes to laws related to forests and fire protection. Places a surcharge of 5-cents on sales of beverage containers of beer, wine, soda, juice, cider and just plain water for purposes of wildfire prevention and response. Directs insurance retaliatory tax revenue to wildfire prevention and…

HB 3917 Creates Catastrophic Wildfire Fund

Posted on April 5, 2025 by Donna | 0 Comments

Creates a fund to pay for damage claims arising from catastrophic wildfires caused by public utilities. Creates the Catastrophic Wildfire Fund to pay for property damage claims arising from catastrophic wildfires that are ignited by the facilities of a public utility. Allows a public utility to participate in and capitalize the fund. Defines “public utility.” Requires the Public Utility Commission…

SB 78 Restrictions on rebuilding after disaster

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Donna | 0 Comments

This Act limits the size of replacement homes on forest or farm land and establishes the maximum size of replacement dwellings. This Act restricts what kind of, how big of, a replacement dwelling may be built on the land as a result of destruction or demolition of the dwelling. The law has already caused problems limiting the timeline of when…

SB 678/SB 83 Repeals wildfire mapping

Posted on March 18, 2025 by Donna | 0 Comments

Undoes wildfire protection provisions adopted in Senate Bill 762 (2021). Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025. Provides that the State Board of Forestry establish criteria by which the forestland-urban interface must be identified and classified. The criteria must recognize differences across the state in fire hazard, fire risk and structural characteristics within the forestland-urban interface. The criteria must include…

SJM 3 Federal reimbursement for wildfire costs

Posted on January 14, 2025 by Donna | 0 Comments

Urges the establishment and funding of a federal system to reimburse state and local government property owners and private property owners for damage to real property that results from the spreading of wildfires originating on federal lands Since private property owners are having all the responsibility of potential fires occurring on their property, when most of the time the fires…

SB 1573 Forest thinning operations

Posted on March 4, 2022 by BJ

VOTE: NO
Died in Committee

SB 590 Organizes a Rangeland Protection Association & provided Fire Protection for Croplands

Posted on July 19, 2021 by BJ

VOTE: YES – Signed into Law by Gov Brown

SB 762 Reducing Risk of Wildfires via Mandates

Posted on July 19, 2021 by BJ

VOTE: NO
Signed into Law by Gov Brown

SB 590 Organizes a Rangeland Protection Association & provided Fire Protection for Croplands

Posted on July 19, 2021 by BJ

VOTE: YES
Signed into Law by Gov Brown

HB 2379, 5% Timber Tax

Posted on June 26, 2021 by BJ

HB 2379 VOTE: NO Died In Committee on 06/26/2021 Status (overview) of bill: https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2379 Committee assigned to bill: https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2021R1/Committees/HREV/Overview This bill imposes tax on owner of timber at time of harvest at five percent of value of timber to be transferred to Emergency Wildfire Fund. Fiscal Responsibility Severance taxes are taxes imposed on the removal of natural resources within a…

HB 2341 Prorates property taxes due to fire damage

Posted on June 23, 2021 by BJ

VOTE:YES
Signed into Law by Gov Brown

SJM 3 Property owner’s redress from federal forest fires

Posted on May 26, 2021 by BJ

SJM 3 VOTE: YES Filed with Secretary of State on 05/26/2021 Status (overview) of bill: https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SJM3 This bill urges Congress to establish a program to give property owners redress having the federal government reimburse property owners for property damage that resulted from a fire that started on mismanaged federal forest-lands. Fiscal Responsibility In 2020, wildfires in Oregon burned more than…

HB 3103A State timber harvesting at sustainable levels

SB 1177 Steals Kicker for Wildfire Funding

HB 3940 tax on drinks, etc for fire protection

HB 3917 Creates Catastrophic Wildfire Fund

SB 78 Restrictions on rebuilding after disaster

SB 678/SB 83 Repeals wildfire mapping

SJM 3 Federal reimbursement for wildfire costs

SB 1573 Forest thinning operations

SB 590 Organizes a Rangeland Protection Association & provided Fire Protection for Croplands

SB 762 Reducing Risk of Wildfires via Mandates

SB 590 Organizes a Rangeland Protection Association & provided Fire Protection for Croplands

HB 2379, 5% Timber Tax

HB 2341 Prorates property taxes due to fire damage

SJM 3 Property owner’s redress from federal forest fires

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