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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO
SENATE BILL 222
By COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
March 24
In line 2 of the printed bill, after “salmon” insert “; and declaring an emergency”.
Delete lines 4 through 29 and insert:
“SECTION 1. (1) The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that smallmouth bass prey
on juvenile salmon.
“(2) The State Department of Fish and Wildlife shall:
“(a) Establish a program to monitor the introduction of smallmouth bass to rivers other
than the Columbia River that drain into the Pacific Ocean.
“(b) Support programs to eradicate smallmouth bass that are within rivers other than
the Columbia River that drain into the Pacific Ocean.
“SECTION 2. There is appropriated to the State Department of Fish and Wildlife, for the
biennium beginning July 1, 2025, out of the General Fund, the amount of $1,000,000, for the
purpose of carrying out the provisions of section 1 of this 2025 Act.
“SECTION 3.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.”.
LC 1382/SB 222-1