SB765 • 2025

Allows a person taking certain nuisance game mammals to offer the meat to a charitable organization, retain the meat or make any disposition authorized by rule.

Passed Legislature

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

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

Plain English Breakdown

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Allows a person taking certain nuisance game mammals to offer the meat to a charitable organization, retain the meat or make any disposition authorized by rule.

Digest: The Act allows the use of meat from certain nuisance game mammals.

What This Bill Does

Digest: The Act allows the use of meat from certain nuisance game mammals.
The Act allows a person to keep the meat or give it away, among other possible options.
(Flesch Readability Score: 72.5).
Allows a person taking certain nuisance game mammals to offer the meat to a charitable organization, retain the meat or make any disposition authorized by rule.

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 the use of meat from certain nuisance game mammals. The Act allows a person to keep the meat or give it away, among other possible options. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.5).
Allows a person taking certain nuisance game mammals to offer the meat to a charitable organization, retain the meat or make any disposition authorized by rule.
Relating to: Relating to the use of meat.
Current location: In Senate Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 765
Sponsored by Senator NASH, Representative LEVY B (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 the use of meat from certain nuisance game mammals. The Act allows
a person to keep the meat or give it away, among other possible options. (Flesch Readability Score:
72.5).
Allows a person taking certain nuisance game mammals to offer the meat to a charitable or-
ganization, retain the meat or make any disposition authorized by rule.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the use of meat.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
(1) As used in this section, “charitable organization” and “game meat” have
the meanings given those terms in ORS 619.095.
(2) A person who takes an antelope, bighorn sheep, deer, elk, moose or mountain goat
under a permit described in ORS 498.012 may:
(a) Offer the game meat to a charitable organization;
(b) Retain the game meat for private, noncommercial use; or
(c) Make any disposition authorized by the State Fish and Wildlife Commission by rule.
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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