Oregon House Bill 3240

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-17 - Referred to Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
Pending: House Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

The Act tells ODEM to develop staging areas for emergency response in the state. The Act sets up a committee to give advice to ODEM about the staging areas. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.8). Establishes the Oregon Public Places Are Safe Places Investment Fund. Continuously appropriates moneys in the fund to the Oregon Department of Emergency Management for the implementation of strategies for identifying and developing staging areas for emergency response. Creates an advisory committee within the department to provide recommendations and advice regarding expenditures from the fund.

Relating to development of staging areas for emergency response.

Rep. Paul Evans [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-17	House	Referred to Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans 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/HB3240
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3240/Introduced
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureAnalysisDocument/84207