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Work session advances bill to fund ODFW smallmouth bass monitoring and eradication program
Summary
Senate Bill 222 (dash-1) would require the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to establish a program to monitor introductions and support eradication of smallmouth bass in rivers that drain to the Pacific Ocean outside the Columbia basin, and appropriates $1,000,000 for the 2025–27 biennium.
Committee staff summarized a dash-1 amendment to Senate Bill 222 during a work session on March 19 that would require the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) to establish a program to monitor introductions of smallmouth bass and support eradication efforts in rivers that drain to the Pacific Ocean (excluding the Columbia River basin).
The amendment would appropriate $1,000,000 to ODFW from the general fund for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, and declares an emergency effective on passage; staff also noted a fiscal statement and a statement of no revenue impact for the dash-1 language.
Committee members adopted the dash-1 amendment without objection and moved SB 222, as amended, to the floor with a due‑pass recommendation and referral to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means by prior reference.
No public testimony was taken in the work session portion of the record; the committee recorded the amendment’s adoption and the referral.
