SB455 • 2025

Directs the State Forestry Department to study the economic effects of a certain habitat conservation plan.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Senator Weber
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.

Directs the State Forestry Department to study the economic effects of a certain habitat conservation plan.

Digest: The Act tells an agency to study the economic effects of a conservation plan.

What This Bill Does

Digest: The Act tells an agency to study the economic effects of a conservation plan.
The Act tells the agency to report on the study.
(Flesch Readability Score: 60.7).
Directs the State Forestry Department to study the economic effects of a certain habitat conservation plan.

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: The Act tells an agency to study the economic effects of a conservation plan. The Act tells the agency to report on the study. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7).
Directs the State Forestry Department to study the economic effects of a certain habitat conservation plan. Directs the department to report to committees or interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to natural resources no later than September 15, 2026.
Relating to: Relating to forest trust land counties.
Current location: In Senate Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 455
Sponsored by Senator WEBER (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 tells an agency to study the economic effects of a conservation plan. The Act
tells the agency to report on the study. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7).
Directs the State Forestry Department to study the economic effects of a certain habitat con-
servation plan. Directs the department to report to committees or interim committees of the Legis-
lative Assembly related to natural resources no later than September 15, 2026.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to forest trust land counties.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
(1) The State Forestry Department shall study the economic effects on
counties, cities and small districts in forest trust land counties that will likely occur as a
result of the February 2024 draft final Western Oregon State Forests Habitat Conservation
Plan.
(2) The department shall submit a report on the study in the manner provided by ORS
192.245, and may include recommendations for legislation, to the committees or interim
committees of the Legislative Assembly related to natural resources 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 2486