Oregon House Bill 3172

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 13 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-17 - Referred to Climate, Energy, and Environment with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
Pending: House Climate, Energy, and Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

The Act tells an agency to create a grant program for reducing wildfire damage. The program is for retrofitting homes and other structures. The Act gives money for the program. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.7). Directs the Department of the State Fire Marshal to establish a grant program to facilitate the retrofitting of dwellings and accessory structures to reduce vulnerability to wildfire. Appropriates moneys to the department out of the General Fund for the program. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Relating to reducing the vulnerability of structures to wildfire; declaring an emergency.

Rep. Pam Marsh [D]

Rep. Emily McIntire [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-17	House	Referred to Climate, Energy, and Environment with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
2025-01-13	House	First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3172
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3172/Introduced
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureAnalysisDocument/84141