OR SB664 | 2025 | Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill 664

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-17 - Referred to Natural Resources and Wildfire.
Pending: Senate Natural Resources and Wildfire Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

This Act says that mines that use air, water or froth to remove metal from ore are gravity separation mines. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.0). Provides that mines solely using gravity separation shall be deemed gravity separation mines. Modifies the definition of "gravity separation" to include froth flotation.

Title

Relating to gravity separation mines.

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-17	Senate	Referred to Natural Resources and Wildfire.
2025-01-13	Senate	Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

Oregon State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB664
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB664/Introduced
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureAnalysisDocument/84858