SB259 • 2025

Requires the Department of Land Conservation and Development to study the public use of lands and submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to land use no later than September 15, 2026.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Last action: 2025-06-27
Official status: In Senate Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires the Department of Land Conservation and Development to study the public use of lands and submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to land use no later than September 15, 2026.

Digest: This Act requires DLCD to study the public use of lands.

What This Bill Does

Digest: This Act requires DLCD to study the public use of lands.
(Flesch Readability Score: 80.3).
Requires the Department of Land Conservation and Development to study the public use of lands and submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to land use no later than September 15, 2026.
Relating to: Relating to public use of lands.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-06-27 Senate
In committee upon adjournment.
2025-01-17 Senate
Referred to Housing and Development.
2025-01-13 Senate
Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: This Act requires DLCD to study the public use of lands. (Flesch Readability Score: 80.3).
Requires the Department of Land Conservation and Development to study the public use of lands and submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to land use no later than September 15, 2026.
Relating to: Relating to public use of lands.
Current location: In Senate Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 259
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the President of the Senate in conformance with pre-
session filing rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part of the President (at the request
of Senate Interim Committee on Judiciary)
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: This Act requires DLCD to study the public use of lands. (Flesch Readability Score:
80.3).
Requires the Department of Land Conservation and Development to study the public use of
lands and submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to land use
no later than September 15, 2026.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to public use of lands.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
The Department of Land Conservation and Development shall study the
public use of lands and shall submit a report in the manner provided by ORS 192.245, and
may include recommendations for legislation, to the interim committees of the Legislative
Assembly related to land use no later than September 15, 2026.
SECTION 2. Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2027.
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 3096