List of Cougar Related Legislation Since 1994 By Year Shaun W Robertson John Day Resource Center1 2020
1995 HB 2568 (Cougar/Bear damage compensation not to be paid from the wildlife account) (passed)
HB 2584 (Repeals ban on use of bait and dogs for bears/cougars) (failed)
HB 2601 (Require refund of tag fee for unfilled cougar tags (passed)
HB 2657 (Repeals M18 and requires impact statement on cougars/bears) (failed)
HB 2742 (Prohibits trapping) (failed)
HB 2816 (State investigations into cougar/bear populations at county request) (failed)
HB 3337 (Requires ODFW to conduct cougar/bear population studies) (failed)
HB 3338 (Authorizes paid individual control agents for cougar/bear control) (failed)
HB 3339 (Requires bear/cougar quota and allow public to acts as commission) (failed)
SB 533 (Allows county ballots to allow bear/cougar hunting) (failed)
SB 792 (Permits nonlethal pursuit season for cougar/bear) (failed)
1997 HB 2499 (Reduces cost for resident cougar tag) (failed)
HB 3164 (Expands exotic captive animal statutes to include cougars) (failed)
HB 3302/SB403 (Reduces cost for cougar tag) (passed)
HB 3344 (Authorizes year-round hunting season for cougar) (failed)
SB 402 (Authorizes counties to designate cougar safety zones and allow hunting by any method) (failed)
1999 HB2100 (Reduce cost of nonresident cougar tag) (passed)
HB 2873 (Establish damage control cougar bounty program) (failed)
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HB 2874 (Establish volunteer cougar/bear reduction program where deer/elk populations declined (failed)
HB 2875 (Allows people to take cougar posing threat to human safety) (passed)
HB 2915 (Allows landowners to pursue wildlife causing damage to private lands with dogs) (failed)
HB 3374 (Modifies suspension of hunting license for bear/cougar pursuit/bait violation) (failed)
SB 990 (Allow hunting cougars with dogs) (failed)
SB 991 (Removes requirement for permit to take bear/cougar posing threat to human safety) (failed)
SB 993 (Carcass of damage animal offered to landowner first) (passed)
2001 HB 2182 (Change fee for cougar tag) (failed)
HB 2260 (Allows cougars/bears posing threat to human safety to be taken without permit) (failed)
HB 2967 (Allows cougars/bears posing threat to human safety to be taken without permit) (passed)
SB 484 (Allow nonlethal pursuit of cougars with dogs) (failed)
SB 652 (Reclassifies cougar from game to predatory animal) (failed)
SB 716 (Temporarily suspends ban on bait/dogs for hunting bear/cougar) (failed)
2003 HB 2436 (Allows hunting bears/cougars with dogs/bait) (failed)
HB 2574 (Establishes county board to set cougar/bear numbers, increases per person harvest limits, reclassifies cougar/bear as predators) (failed)
SB 832 (Allows taking wildlife causing damage) (passed)
2005 HB 2759 (Authorizes cougar hunting with dogs under limited number of counties as pilot program (failed)
HB 2781 (Authorize pilot program for hunting cougars with dogs) (failed)
SB 389 (Allows counties to decide whether to allow cougar/bear hunting with bait/dogs) (failed)
2006 None offered
2007 SB 702 (Allows use of dogs to hunt cougars last three months of cougar season) (failed)
HB 2940 (Enhanced penalties for cougar/bear hunting violations) (failed)
HB 2971 (Authorizes ODFW to appoint agents to hunt bear/cougar with dogs) (passed)
2008 None offered
2009 SB 792 (Allows use of dogs to hunt cougars last three months of cougar season) (failed)
2010 None offered
2011 SB 474 (Allows use of dogs to hunt cougars last three months of cougar season) (failed)
SB 650 (Allows use of dogs to hunt cougars by licensed hunting guides and their clients (failed)
SB 924 (Enhanced penalties for cougar/bear hunting violations) (passed)
HB 2175 (Requires removal of attractive nuisances for bears/cougars) (passed)
HB 2337 (Requires ODFW to create pilot program for use of dogs to hunt cougars) (failed)
HB 2712 (Enhanced penalties for cougar/bear hunting violations) (passed)
HB 3326 (Allows use of dogs to hunt cougars last three months of cougar season) (failed)
HB 3428 (Requires ODFW to create pilot program for use of dogs to hunt cougars) (failed)
2012 HB 4119 (Requires ODFW to create pilot program for use of dogs to hunt cougars) (failed)
2013 SB 428 (Allows use of dogs to hunt cougars last three months of cougar season) (failed)
HB 2390 (Extends sunset allowing ODFW to appoint agents to hunt cougar/bear with dogs) (passed)
HB 3395 (Requires ODFW to create pilot program for use of dogs to hunt cougars) (failed)
2014 None offered
2015 SB 247 (Increases cost of cougar tag) (passed)
HB 2537 (Increase damage penalties for cougar/bear hunting violations) (passed)
HB 3300 (Requires ODFW to create pilot program for use of dogs to hunt cougars) (failed)
2016 HB 4046 (Increase damage penalties for cougar/bear hunting violations) (passed)
2017 HB 3158 (Creates an incentive program to report cougar/bear hunting violations (passed)
2018 HB 4030 (Increase damage penalties for bear/cougar hunting violations) (passed)
2019 SB 340 (Authorizes ODFW to create special season for hunting cougars with dogs) (failed)
SB 404 (Enhanced penalties for cougar/bear hunting violations) (failed)
SB 622 (Requires ODFW to create special cougar tag that allows use of dogs for hunting) (failed)
HB 2068 (Increase percentage of nonresident tags for bear/cougar) (passed)
HB 2370 (Allows counties to vote on allowing dogs for hunting cougars within the county) (failed)
HB 2795 (Permits nonlethal pursuit season for cougar/bear within pilot project area) (failed)
HB 3118 (Authorizes ODFW to use volunteer agents to control cougar populations with dogs) (failed)
HB 3119 (Authorizes ODFW to use volunteer or contract agents to control cougar populations with dogs) (failed)