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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2822
Sponsored by Representative EVANS (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 tells an agency to study certain effects on wolf populations. The Act tells the
agency to report on the study.(Flesch Readability Score: 64.9).
Requires the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to submit a report on the effects on Oregon
wolf populations of changes in certain protections for the gray wolf during the last 10 years.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to a report on Canis lupus; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. (1) The State Department of Fish and Wildlife shall produce a report on the
effects on Oregon wolf populations of changes made during the last 10 years in protections
for Canis lupus, commonly known as the gray wolf, under the state lists of threatened spe-
cies or endangered species established pursuant to ORS 496.172 (2).
(2) On or before September 15, 2026, the department shall submit the report identified in
subsection (1) of this section to a committee or interim committee of the Legislative As-
sembly related to natural resources.
SECTION 2.This 2025 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2025 Act takes effect
on its passage.
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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