2018 Legislature Adjourns - Our Report on Bills Affecting Animals
The 2018 Oregon Legislature adjourned March 3 after passing two bills affecting animals. The legislature meets every year in Salem to consider changes in state laws, but only for a maximum of 35 days in even-numbered years. The so-called "short" sessions have fewer major policy proposals, but this year's included the following bills affecting animals. Good Ideas That Became Law Poaching Penalties Fix House Bill 4030 makes clear that a court can order someone who poaches wildl