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Natural Resources and Wildfire

earlier: Natural Resources

On the record

2023–2024

3 session and interim terms

Members now

5

2024 Regular Session

Meetings this term

8

8 distinct measures on agendas

Staff

1

Laura Kentnesse

What the chair and the committee can do

Chair

calls meetings with 48 hours' notice, sets the agenda

Majority of members

can compel a hearing or work session

Final action

majority of the membership

Minority report

two dissenters may file one; the President votes ex officio

About these figures

The chair calls meetings with 48 hours' notice in a long session and sets time-certain items; a majority of members can compel a hearing or work session; text must be public for one hour before action; final action needs a majority of the membership; two dissenters may file a minority report; the President sits ex officio with a vote. Senate Rules 8.05, 8.10, 8.15, 8.20, 8.60 (as amended February 2, 2026). 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. 2023R

    Golden

  2. 2023-2024 Interim

    Golden

  3. 2024R

    Golden

2024 Regular Session

Feb 5, 2024 to open · 6 informational meeting, 1 organizational meeting, 1 possible work session, 8 public hearing, 9 unspecified, 7 work session

Staff (1)

Laura Kentnesse · LPRO Analyst

Earlier terms

2023-2024 Interim 5 members · 6 meetings · chairs: Golden
Sean Murphy · Sr. Committee AssistantBeth Reiley · LPRO Analyst
2023 Regular Session as Natural Resources · 5 members · 40 meetings · chairs: Golden
Laura Kentnesse · LPRO Analyst
Evidence for this page

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.