SJR11 • 2025

Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to require a certain percentage of lottery revenues to be expended for wildfire prevention, suppression or management. Refers the proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election.

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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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Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to require a certain percentage of lottery revenues to be expended for wildfire prevention, suppression or management. Refers the proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election.

Digest: The Act suggests a change to the Constitution to set aside money from the lottery for wildfires.

What This Bill Does

Digest: The Act suggests a change to the Constitution to set aside money from the lottery for wildfires.
(Flesch Readability Score: 60.1).
Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to require a certain percentage of lottery revenues to be expended for wildfire prevention, suppression or management.
Refers the proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-06-27 Senate
In committee upon adjournment.
2025-04-07 Senate
Public Hearing held.
2025-01-17 Senate
Referred to Finance and Revenue, then Rules.
2025-01-13 Senate
Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act suggests a change to the Constitution to set aside money from the lottery for wildfires. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1).
Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to require a certain percentage of lottery revenues to be expended for wildfire prevention, suppression or management.
Refers the proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election.
Relating to: Proposing an amendment to the Oregon Constitution relating to lottery revenues.
Current location: In Senate Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Joint Resolution 11
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: The Act suggests a change to the Constitution to set aside money from the lottery for
wildfires. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1).
Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to require a certain percentage of lottery
revenues to be expended for wildfire prevention, suppression or management.
Refers the proposed amendment to the people for their approval or rejection at the next regular
general election.
JOINT RESOLUTION
Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon:
PARAGRAPH 1.
The Constitution of the State of Oregon is amended by creating a new section
4g to be added to and made a part of Article XV, such section to read:
SECTION 4g. Effective July 1, 2026, ___ percent of the net proceeds from the State Lot-
tery shall be deposited, from the fund created by the Legislative Assembly under paragraph
(d) of subsection (4) of section 4 of this Article, in a wildfire fund created by the Legislative
Assembly. The Legislative Assembly may appropriate other moneys or revenue to the
wildfire fund. The moneys in the wildfire fund may be used for purposes related to the pre-
vention, suppression or management of wildfires in Oregon.
PARAGRAPH 2. The amendment proposed by this resolution shall be submitted to the
people for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election held throughout
this state.
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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