SB342 • 2025

Provides that a small forestland owner that planted trees under reforestation requirements may harvest the trees.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Senator Smith DB
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.

Provides that a small forestland owner that planted trees under reforestation requirements may harvest the trees.

Digest: The Act allows a small forestland owner to harvest certain trees.

What This Bill Does

Digest: The Act allows a small forestland owner to harvest certain trees.
The Act allows an agency to adopt rules.
(Flesch Readability Score: 68.0).
Provides that a small forestland owner that planted trees under reforestation requirements may harvest the trees.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

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

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act allows a small forestland owner to harvest certain trees. The Act allows an agency to adopt rules. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.0).
Provides that a small forestland owner that planted trees under reforestation requirements may harvest the trees. Specifies that reforestation requirements apply after the trees have been harvested. Allows the State Board of Forestry to adopt rules.
Relating to: Relating to small forestland owners.
Current location: In Senate Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 342
Sponsored by Senator SMITH DB (Presession filed.)
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 allows a small forestland owner to harvest certain trees. The Act allows an
agency to adopt rules. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.0).
Provides that a small forestland owner that planted trees under reforestation requirements may
harvest the trees. Specifies that reforestation requirements apply after the trees have been har-
vested. Allows the State Board of Forestry to adopt rules.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to small forestland owners.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
(1) A small forestland owner that planted one or more trees on or before the
effective date of this 2025 Act to comply with reforestation requirements under ORS 527.610
to 527.770 may, notwithstanding any contrary provision of reforestation requirements for the
forestland, harvest the trees.
(2) The reforestation requirements under ORS 527.610 to 527.770 apply to the forestland
after the trees have been harvested.
(3) The State Board of Forestry may adopt rules necessary to implement the provisions
of this section.
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 1598