Protect Your Home. Keep Your Insurance. Support Firefighters.

HB 1187 gives Oregon homeowners, communities, and firefighters the tools to prepare before wildfire strikes.

HB 1187: The Make Polluters Pay Bill

Wildfires are costing Oregonians too much — homes lost, skyrocketing insurance, and strained firefighters.

HB 1187 creates a permanent fund to help Oregonians prepare for wildfire — protecting families, neighborhoods, and property values.

HB 1187 will:

✅ Help homeowners reduce risk and prepare their properties

✅ Support local fire departments with critical equipment

✅ Make neighborhoods safer

✅ Help keep home insurance available and affordable

Who Pays Into the Make Polluters Pay Fund?

HB 1187 makes sure that those most responsible for Oregon's wildfire and climate-related damages contribute — not everyday Oregonians.

✅ Only Large Fossil Fuel Companies Pay
HB 1187 requires major fossil fuel companies — those responsible for the biggest share of greenhouse gas emissions between 1995 and 2024 — to pay into the fund.

✅ Local Businesses, Farmers, and Families Do Not Pay
This bill does not charge small or medium businesses, Oregon families, or farmers. It focuses only on companies that produced very large amounts of pollution over the last 30 years.

✅ Payments are Proportional
Each company pays based on how much pollution they contributed. This is determined by long-established science and data on how much oil, gas, or coal they sold and burned over the years.

✅ A Fair, Responsible Approach
HB 1187 follows the same principle as other cleanup laws:
Those who caused the damage help pay for the solution — just like hazardous waste and oil spill cleanup laws.

✅ Dedicated to Oregon Communities
Funds go into a dedicated, protected account — not the general state budget — and are used specifically to:

  • Prepare homes and communities for wildfire (30%)

  • Support environmental justice communities (40%)

  • Implement a climate resilience strategy across Oregon