SB2 • 2025

Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to the Salvage Chief (LSM380) Foundation for the purpose of repairing and upgrading a salvage vessel.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Senator Weber,, Representative Javadi
Last action: 2025-06-27
Official status: In Senate Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to the Salvage Chief (LSM380) Foundation for the purpose of repairing and upgrading a salvage vessel.

Digest: The Act gives money to DAS to give to a foundation to repair a salvage vessel.

What This Bill Does

Digest: The Act gives money to DAS to give to a foundation to repair a salvage vessel.
(Flesch Readability Score: 74.2).
Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to the Salvage Chief (LSM380) Foundation for the purpose of repairing and upgrading a salvage vessel.
Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-06-27 Senate
In committee upon adjournment.
2025-03-31 Senate
Recommendation: Do Pass and be referred to Ways and Means.
2025-03-31 Senate
Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President.
2025-03-25 Senate
Work Session held.
2025-03-20 Senate
Public Hearing held.
2025-03-13 Senate
Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
2025-03-13 Senate
Referred to Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act gives money to DAS to give to a foundation to repair a salvage vessel. (Flesch Readability Score: 74.2).
Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for distribution to the Salvage Chief (LSM380) Foundation for the purpose of repairing and upgrading a salvage vessel.
Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
Relating to: Relating to state financial administration; declaring an emergency.
Current location: In Senate Committee

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2
Sponsored by Senator WEBER, Representative JAVADI
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: The Act gives money to DAS to give to a foundation to repair a salvage vessel. (Flesch
Readability Score: 74.2).
Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Department of Administrative Ser-
vices for distribution to the Salvage Chief (LSM380) Foundation for the purpose of repairing and
upgrading a salvage vessel.
Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appropri-
ated to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, for the biennium beginning July
1, 2025, out of the General Fund, the amount of $3,000,000, to be distributed by grant to the
Salvage Chief (LSM380) Foundation, an Oregon public benefit corporation, for the purpose
of repairing, upgrading and returning to operation the vessel known as the Salvage Chief,
as follows:
(1) $1,894,737 for hull repairs;
(2) $631,579 for engine and fire pump upgrades; and
(3) $473,684 for emergency communications upgrades, United States Coast Guard in-
spection and contingency.
SECTION 2.
This 2025 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2025 Act takes effect
July 1, 2025.
NOTE: Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [ italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
LC 4684