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OR HB3932

Bill

Status

Passed

7/25/2025

Primary Sponsor

Pam Marsh

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 Legislative Measures

AI Summary

  • Prohibits recreational or commercial beaver trapping on public lands within 200 feet of rivers/streams classified as Category 4 or 5 (impaired) under the federal Clean Water Act

  • Requires the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to publish and update every two years a map of areas where beaver taking is prohibited

  • Allows federal or state land management agency employees to take beavers when addressing damage or imminent threats to built infrastructure (roads, culverts, water conveyances) on public land or adjacent private land

  • Establishes nonlethal coexistence measures as the preferred approach, including flow control devices, culvert fencing, tree protection, dam notching, and dam anchors

  • Exempts private lands, navigable waterways adjacent to private land, areas already closed to beaver hunting/trapping, and federally recognized tribal treaty rights and cooperative management agreements

Legislative Description

Relating to protecting beavers.

Last Action

Chapter 451, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.

7/25/2025

Committee Referrals

Natural Resources and Wildfire4/22/2025
Climate, Energy, and Environment3/18/2025

Full Bill Text

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