All Roll Calls
Yes: 71 • No: 37
OregonSB 8362025 Regular SessionSenateWALLET
Relating to fees imposed by the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries.
Sponsored By: Sponsor information unavailable
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 5 costs, 0 mixed.
Higher renewal fees for small mines
Oregon raises the annual mining exclusion-certificate renewal cap from $165 to $200. Qualifying operations extract no more than 5,000 cubic yards or disturb less than one acre in any 12-month period. Certificate applications cost up to $400. Holders must report yearly mineral extraction, disturbed acreage, and other information needed to show they still qualify.
Higher combined application costs for mines
Oregon raises the initial consolidated mining application fee cap from $2,000 to $10,000, due with the notice of intent. Annual operating-permit renewals under this process cost at least $2,500. Additional inspections for unpermitted, abandoned, or out-of-area mining can cost up to $4,000, up from $1,200. Applicants must cover department and cooperating-agency processing costs, including legal reviews and outside contractors, with excess charges itemized. Evaluation costs cannot exceed 110% of the initial fee without advance notice and a cost projection; unused initial fees are refunded.
Higher permit fees for mining operators
Oregon raises the surface-mining permit application cap from $2,000 to $6,500; operations using the separate consolidated process are excluded. Annual renewals cost $2,300 when no minerals were extracted in the past 12 months. Producing operators pay $2,300 plus 3 cents per ton, up from 1.25 cents; the board can set the rate between zero and 3.25 cents. Reclamation-plan changes and special inspections can each cost up to $4,000, up from $2,000. Plan-change fees exclude operations covered by the consolidated-process fee; inspection charges can cover unpermitted, abandoned, or out-of-area mining. Exploration permit renewal caps rise from $1,460 to $1,500; holders must follow mining laws and permit terms and pay before the permit anniversary.
Higher prospect and geothermal well fees
Prospect-well application and permit-change fee caps rise from $2,000 to $5,000; these fees reflect estimated review costs and are nonrefundable. One prospect-well application can cover up to five wells in a connected project area of no more than 640 acres. Geothermal application fees rise from $2,000 to $5,000, and permit-change fees are capped at $5,000 rather than $2,000. For both permit types, annual renewals rise from $2,725 to $4,000 and are due by each active permit’s anniversary. Nonrefundable transfer fees rise from $2,000 to $5,000 and are due with transfer requests; geothermal change fees are also due with requests.
Higher well and seismic operator fees
Oregon raises the well permit application fee cap from $2,000 to $5,000. Well, information-hole, and seismic-program permit changes and transfers cost $5,000, up from $2,000; transfer fees are nonrefundable. Annual renewals rise from $1,160 to $4,000. Information-hole application fees reflect review costs and hole locations, capped at $2,500 per five holes within a connected 640-acre area. Seismic-program approval fees reflect review costs and are capped at $2,500; both caps rise from $2,000.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
There is no primary sponsor on record.
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 6/24/2025
Third reading. Carried by Lively. Passed.
Yes: 31 • No: 14
Senate vote • 6/17/2025
Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed.
Yes: 18 • No: 12
legislature vote • 6/6/2025
Ways and Means: Heard and Reported Out
Yes: 14 • No: 9
Senate vote • 5/28/2025
Rules: Heard and Reported Out with Amendments
Yes: 3 • No: 2
Senate vote • 3/25/2025
Natural Resources and Wildfire: Heard and Reported Out
Yes: 5 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Effective date, January 1, 2026.
8/8/2025SenateChapter 601, 2025 Laws.
8/8/2025SenateGovernor signed.
7/24/2025SenateSpeaker signed.
6/26/2025HousePresident signed.
6/25/2025SenateThird reading. Carried by Lively. Passed.
6/24/2025HouseRules suspended. Carried over to June 24, 2025 Calendar.
6/23/2025HouseRules suspended. Carried over to June 23, 2025 Calendar.
6/20/2025HouseSecond reading.
6/19/2025HouseRecommendation: Do pass.
6/18/2025HouseReferred to Ways and Means.
6/17/2025HouseFirst reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
6/17/2025HouseThird reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed.
6/17/2025SenateCarried over to 06-17 by unanimous consent.
6/16/2025SenateSecond reading.
6/12/2025SenateRecommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill.
6/12/2025SenateWork Session held.
6/6/2025SenateReturned to Full Committee.
6/3/2025SenateWork Session held.
6/3/2025SenateAssigned to Subcommittee On Natural Resources.
5/30/2025SenateReferred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
5/29/2025SenateRecommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. (Printed A-Eng.)
5/29/2025SenateWork Session held.
5/28/2025SenatePublic Hearing held.
5/19/2025SenateReferred to Rules by order of the President.
3/31/2025Senate
Bill Text
SRULES Amendment -4 (Adopted)
5/28/2025
SRULES Amendment -2 (Proposed)
5/19/2025
SNRW Amendment -1 (Proposed)
3/25/2025
SNRW Amendment -2 (Proposed)
3/25/2025
A-Engrossed
Enrolled
Introduced
Senate Amendments to Introduced
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