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Natural Resources

earlier: Natural Resourcesearlier: Ways and Means Subcommittee on Natural Resources

On the record

2007–2026

26 session and interim terms

Members now

8

2026 Regular Session

Meetings this term

7

2 distinct measures on agendas

Staff

2

April McDonald

What the chair and the committee can do

Co-chairs

appointed by the Speaker and the President

Notice and posting

both chambers' rules apply

Final action

majority of the Senate members appointed

Minority report

none may be filed

About these figures

Joint committees follow both chambers' rules for notice and posting; final action requires a majority of the Senate members appointed; no minority reports may be filed; co-chairs are appointed by the Speaker and the President. Senate Rules 8.10(4), 8.60(1); House Rule 8.05. Jurisdiction is set by referral practice and chamber rules; OLIS records the committee's name and type, not a written jurisdiction statement.

Chairs by session

  1. 2007R

    Devlin

  2. 2009R

    Walker

    Jenson

  3. 2011R

    Edwards

    Cowan

    Jenson

  4. 2011 interim

    Beyer

    Jenson

    Edwards

  5. 2012R

    Beyer

    Jenson

    Edwards

  6. 2013R

    Unger

    Edwards

  7. 2013 interim

    Unger

    Edwards

  8. 2014R

    Unger

    Edwards

  9. 2015R

    Devlin

    Rayfield

  10. 2015-2016 Interim

    Taylor

    Devlin

  11. 2016R

    Taylor

    Devlin

  12. 2017R

    Witt

    Frederick

  13. 2017-2018 Interim

    Witt

    Frederick

  14. 2018R

    Witt

    Frederick

  15. 2019R

    Taylor

    Reardon

  16. 2019-2020 Interim

    Taylor

    Reardon

  17. 2020R

    Taylor

    Reardon

  18. 2021R

    Reardon

    Taylor

  19. 2021-2022 Interim

    Reardon

    Taylor

  20. 2022R

    Taylor

    Reardon

  21. 2023R

    Pham K

    Dembrow

  22. 2023-2024 Interim

    Pham K

    Dembrow

  23. 2024R

    Pham K

    Dembrow

  24. 2025R

    Levy E

    Frederick

  25. 2025-2026 Interim

    Levy E

    Neron Misslin

  26. 2026R

    Neron Misslin

    Levy E

2026 Regular Session

Feb 2, 2026 to open · 6 informational meeting, 7 tag line, 1 unspecified, 7 work session

Staff (2)

April McDonald · Committee CoordinatorMayra Felipe · Committee Assistant

Earlier terms

2025-2026 Interim 8 members · 3 meetings · chairs: Levy E, Neron Misslin
April McDonald · Committee CoordinatorVivian Stair · Committee Assistant
2025 Regular Session 8 members · 62 meetings · chairs: Levy E, Frederick
April McDonald · Committee CoordinatorRon Nalley · Committee Assistant
2024 Regular Session 8 members · 8 meetings · chairs: Pham K, Dembrow
April McDonald · Committee CoordinatorLilah Walsh · Committee Assistant
2023-2024 Interim 8 members · 3 meetings · chairs: Pham K, Dembrow
April McDonald · Committee CoordinatorVivian Stair · Committee Assistant
2023 Regular Session 8 members · 60 meetings · chairs: Pham K, Dembrow
Matt Stayner · Committee CoordinatorLilah Walsh · Committee Assistant
2022 Regular Session 8 members · 6 meetings · chairs: Taylor, Reardon
Matt Stayner · Committee CoordinatorBarbora Buzinskaite · Committee Assistant
2021-2022 Interim 8 members · 2 meetings · chairs: Reardon, Taylor
Matt Stayner · Committee CoordinatorJoan Green · Committee Assistant
2021 Regular Session 8 members · 43 meetings · chairs: Reardon, Taylor
Matt Stayner · Committee CoordinatorOmar Santillan · Committee Assistant
2020 Regular Session 8 members · 8 meetings · chairs: Taylor, Reardon
Matt Stayner · Committee CoordinatorJoan Green · Committee AssistantNatural Resources Sub Staff Email · To Submit Testimony
2019-2020 Interim 8 members · 5 meetings · chairs: Taylor, Reardon
Ken Rocco · Legislative Fiscal OfficerNatural Resources Sub Staff Email · To Submit Testimony
2019 Regular Session 8 members · 70 meetings · chairs: Taylor, Reardon
Matt Stayner · Committee CoordinatorJoan Green · Committee AssistantNatural Resources Sub Staff Email · To Submit Testimony
2018 Regular Session 8 members · 7 meetings · chairs: Witt, Frederick
Matt Stayner · Committee CoordinatorEric Sorenson · Committee Assistant
2017-2018 Interim 8 members · 3 meetings · chairs: Witt, Frederick
Ken Rocco · Legislative Fiscal OfficerPaul Siebert · Deputy Legislative Fiscal Officer
2017 Regular Session 8 members · 66 meetings · chairs: Witt, Frederick
Matt Stayner · Committee CoordinatorJulie Jensen · Committee AssistantNatural Resources Sub Staff Email
2016 Regular Session 8 members · 6 meetings · chairs: Taylor, Devlin
Paul Siebert · Subcommittee AdministratorDorothy Diehl · Subcommittee AssistantNatural Resources Sub Staff Email
2015-2016 Interim 8 members · 3 meetings · chairs: Taylor, Devlin
Ken Rocco · Legislative Fiscal OfficerDaron Hill · Deputy Legislative Fiscal Officer
2015 Regular Session 8 members · 75 meetings · chairs: Devlin, Rayfield
Paul Siebert · Subcommittee AdministratorRisa Chuman · Subcommittee AssistantNatural Resources Sub Staff Email
2014 Regular Session 6 members · 8 meetings · chairs: Unger, Edwards
Paul Siebert · Budget AnalystJil Heimensen · Committee Assistant
2013 - 2014 Interim 6 members · 3 meetings · chairs: Unger, Edwards
Ken Rocco · Legislative Fiscal OfficerGina Rumbaugh · Committee Manager
2013 Regular Session 6 members · 77 meetings · chairs: Unger, Edwards
Linda Gilbert · Budget AnalystPatti ORielly · Committee Assistant
2012 Regular Session 7 members · 7 meetings · chairs: Beyer, Jenson, Edwards
BaileyCo-Vice ChairBeyerCo-ChairJensonCo-ChairMcLaneCo-Vice ChairEdwardsCo-ChairProzanskiThomsen
Paul Siebert · Budget AnalystEric Sorenson · Committee AssistantLynn Buchanan · Committee Assistant
2011 - 2012 Interim as Ways and Means Subcommittee on Natural Resources · 7 members · 3 meetings · chairs: Beyer, Jenson, Edwards
BaileyCo-Vice ChairBeyerCo-ChairJensonCo-ChairMcLaneCo-Vice ChairEdwardsCo-ChairProzanskiThomsen
Ken Rocco · Legislative Fiscal OfficerGina Rumbaugh · Office ManagerLynn Buchanan · Committee Assistant
2011 Regular Session 7 members · 63 meetings · chairs: Edwards, Cowan, Jenson
BaileyCo-Vice ChairCowanCo-ChairJensonCo-ChairMcLaneCo-Vice ChairEdwardsCo-ChairDingfelderThomsen
Paul Siebert · Budget AnalystAndrew Fiske · Committee Assistant
2009 Regular Session 9 members · 78 meetings · chairs: Walker, Jenson
Paul Siebert · Budget AnalystDorothy Diehl · Committee Assistant
2007 Regular Session 8 members · 88 meetings · chairs: Devlin
Susan Jordan · Budget AnalystMary Anne Nash · Assistant
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Committee terms, members, staff, meetings, and agenda items come from the Oregon Legislative Information System’s official record, observed 2026-09-01. OLIS committee codes are stable identifiers across sessions; a renamed committee keeps its code and the name history is listed. A code reused for a different body would appear here as one committee and requires review.

Meeting counts are scheduled meetings recorded by the system, including cancelled ones where marked. Referral counts require the measure history and are shown on decision pages. Edition dated August 31, 2026.