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OR HB3940

Bill

Status

Passed

8/13/2025

Primary Sponsor

John Lively

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 Legislative Measures

AI Summary

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Rules6/24/2025
Revenue4/15/2025
Climate, Energy, and Environment3/18/2025

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