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OR HB3940
Bill
Status
8/13/2025
Primary Sponsor
John Lively
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AI Summary
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New tax imposed on oral nicotine products: 65 cents per package of 20 or fewer units, or 3.25 cents per unit for larger packages, with revenue split one-third to the Landscape Resiliency Fund and two-thirds to the Community Risk Reduction Fund
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Forest products harvest tax increased from 62.5 cents to $1.00 per thousand board feet for wildfire suppression, with annual inflation adjustments based on Consumer Price Index starting in 2026
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Oregon Rainy Day Fund interest redirected: 6.7% to Landscape Resiliency Fund, 13.3% to Community Risk Reduction Fund, and 80% remains in Rainy Day Fund
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Emergency Fire Cost Committee expanded from 4 to 6 members (including one nonvoting board representative and five voting members representing large forest owners, small forest owners, grazing land owners, and one at-large member) with authority to oversee Oregon Forest Land Protection Fund distributions and review forest protection district budgets
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Wildfire Prepared Structure Program established to provide grants for retrofitting existing homes to be wildfire-resistant, with priority for wildland-urban interface residents, socially vulnerable communities, low-income persons, and those whose homes were destroyed by wildfire
Legislative Description
Relating to wildfire; prescribing an effective date; and providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths majority.
Last Action
Chapter 581, (2025 Laws): Effective date September 26, 2025.
8/13/2025