SB409 • 2025

Declares that the policy of this state is to include atmospheric carbon sequestered by the lands and waters of this state in any calculation to determine progress toward the greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals.

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Passed Legislature

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

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

Plain English Breakdown

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Declares that the policy of this state is to include atmospheric carbon sequestered by the lands and waters of this state in any calculation to determine progress toward the greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals.

Digest: This Act says that the state will use carbon stored in land and water when calculating the state greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals.

What This Bill Does

Digest: This Act says that the state will use carbon stored in land and water when calculating the state greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals.
(Flesch Readability Score: 62.1).
Declares that the policy of this state is to include atmospheric carbon sequestered by the lands and waters of this state in any calculation to determine progress toward the greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals.
Relating to: Relating to carbon sequestration.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

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

Official Summary Text

Digest: This Act says that the state will use carbon stored in land and water when calculating the state greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.1).
Declares that the policy of this state is to include atmospheric carbon sequestered by the lands and waters of this state in any calculation to determine progress toward the greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals.
Relating to: Relating to carbon sequestration.
Current location: In Senate Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 409
Sponsored by Senator GIROD (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: This Act says that the state will use carbon stored in land and water when calculating
the state greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.1).
Declares that the policy of this state is to include atmospheric carbon sequestered by the lands
and waters of this state in any calculation to determine progress toward the greenhouse gas emis-
sions reduction goals.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to carbon sequestration; amending ORS 468A.205.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
ORS 468A.205 is amended to read:
468A.205. (1) The Legislative Assembly declares that it is the policy of this state to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions in Oregon pursuant to the following greenhouse gas emissions reduction
goals:
(a) By 2010, arrest the growth of Oregon’s greenhouse gas emissions and begin to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions.
(b) By 2020, achieve greenhouse gas levels that are 10 percent below 1990 levels.
(c) By 2050, achieve greenhouse gas levels that are at least 75 percent below 1990 levels.
(2) The Legislative Assembly declares that it is the policy of this state to include atmo-
spheric carbon sequestered by the lands and waters of this state, including Oregon’s forests,
desert lands and territorial sea, in any calculation to determine progress toward the
greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals established by this section.
[(2)] (3) The Legislative Assembly declares that it is the policy of this state for state and local
governments, businesses, nonprofit organizations and individual residents to prepare for the effects
of global warming and by doing so, prevent and reduce the social, economic and environmental ef-
fects of global warming.
[(3)] (4) This section does not create any additional regulatory authority for an agency of the
executive department as defined in ORS 174.112.
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.
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