Republicans say Democrats are using the bill as a bargaining chip to get Republicans to vote on redirecting $1 billion of kicker tax to fund wildfire mitigation work.

SALEM, Oregon — The Oregon Senate has voted to repeal the controversial Oregon wildfire hazard map. By passing Senate Bill 88, lawmakers have teed up a repeal the map, which was introduced in ...

House Republicans accused Democrats of tabling a bill that would repeal the state's controversial wildfire hazard map for ...

Oregon State University would receive $876,000 for these upgrades to the wildfire map under SB 80, which also changes the process for appealing hazard zone classifications. The bill creates a new ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Legislature will consider a number of recommendations for changes related to the controversial, statewide wildfire risk map during this year's session ...

In 2021, the Legislature directed the Oregon Department of Forestry and Oregon State University to develop a map to show Oregonians how much of a wildfire risk each property in high probability ...

Kotek said the pause was to give the legislature time to make the needed changes to the map. “Oregonians have raised concerns over the current Oregon Statewide Wildfire Hazard Map, and this ...

“The Legislature is rising to the occasion ... if property owners fail to meet the new codes required by the map. Under Oregon law, the map cannot impact insurance rates. Republican lawmakers ...

Four years of work and multiple drafts later, the controversial Oregon wildfire hazard map has gone up in smoke. In a unanimous decision, a Senate committee approved Senate Bill 83, which would ...

SALEM, Ore. – The Oregon Senate today passed Senate Bill 83, which repeals the state’s wildfire hazard map created under Senate Bill 762 (2021) and removes the strict regulations that came ...