Oregon legislation · 2025 Legislative Measures
Oregon HB3594: Relating to residency requirements under the wildlife laws.
Status: Failed, June 27, 2025
Digest: This Act makes it so that a student who is not a resident of this state but goes to a college in this state is a resident of this state to buy certain licenses, tags or permits. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.8). Allows students enrolled full-time in an Oregon institution of higher education to be treated as residents for the purpose of purchasing licenses, tags and permits issued by the State Fish and Wildlife Commission.
What the bill says
A bill FOR AN ACT Relating to residency requirements under the wildlife laws; amending ORS 497.006.
From the introduced text, February 17, 2025:
A BILL FOR AN ACT Relating to residency requirements under the wildlife laws; amending ORS 497.006. Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon: SECTION 1. ORS 497.006 is amended to read: 497.006. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Dependent children" includes any children of an active member of the Armed Forces of the United States or (B) Are under 23 years of age, unmarried, enrolled in a full-time course of study in an institution of higher learning and dependent on the resident member of the uniformed services for over one-half of their support. (b) "Institution of higher education" means a public university listed in ORS 352.002, the Oregon Health and Science University, a private post-secondary institution that meets the criteria set forth in ORS 348.597 (2)(a) and a community college operated under ORS chapter 341. [(b)] (c) "Resident member of the uniformed services" means a member of the uniformed services who: (A) Resides in this state while assigned to duty at any base, station, shore establishment or other facility in this state; (B) Resides in this state while serving as a member of the crew of a ship that has an Oregon port or shore establishment as its home port or permanent station; or (C) Resides in another state or a foreign country and establishes …
Sponsors
- Jami Cate (R, 11) · primary sponsor
- Court Boice (R, 1)
- Mark Owens (R, 60)
Latest actions
- : In committee upon adjournment.
- : Referred to Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water.
- : First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
Subjects: Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water
Common questions
- What is HB3594?
- HB3594 is a bill in the Oregon Legislature (2025 Legislative Measures): Relating to residency requirements under the wildlife laws.
- What does HB3594 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR AN ACT Relating to residency requirements under the wildlife laws; amending ORS 497.006.
- What is the status of HB3594?
- Failed as of June 27, 2025. Latest action: In committee upon adjournment. (June 27, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB3594?
- Jami Cate (R, 11), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB3594?
- On the Oregon Legislature website: https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/3594
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