Oregon legislation · 2025 Legislative Measures
Oregon HB3131: Relating to the Oregon Agricultural Heritage Fund; declaring an emergency.
Status: Failed, June 27, 2025
Digest: The Act gives money to a state agency for uses related to working lands. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 71.2). Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, out of the General Fund, for deposit in the Oregon Agricultural Heritage Fund. Establishes a maximum limit for payment of expenses by the board from the Oregon Agricultural Heritage Fund. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
What the bill says
A bill FOR AN ACT Relating to the Oregon Agricultural Heritage Fund; and declaring an emergency.
From the introduced text, January 10, 2025:
A BILL FOR AN ACT Relating to the Oregon Agricultural Heritage Fund; and declaring an emergency. Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon: SECTION 1. In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appropriated to the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, out of the General Fund, the amount of $17,300,000, for deposit in the Oregon Agricultural Heritage Fund established under ORS 541.978, for the purposes described in ORS 541.979. SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any other law limiting expenditures, the amount of $17,300,000 is established for the biennium ending June 30, 2027, as the maximum limit for payment of expenses by the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board from the Oregon Agricultural Heritage Fund established under ORS 541.978, for the purposes described in ORS 541.979. SECTION 3. This 2025 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2025 Act takes effect on its passage. matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted. New sections are in boldfaced type. LC 1084
Sponsors
- Mark Owens (R, 60) · primary sponsor
- Ken Helm (D, 27) · primary sponsor
- Barbara Levy (R, 58) · primary sponsor
- Neron (I) · primary sponsor
- Gregory Smith (R, 57) · primary sponsor
- Court Boice (R, 1)
- Benjamin Bowman (D, 25)
- Farrah Chaichi (D, 35)
- Paul Evans (D, 20)
- Mark Gamba (D, 41)
- David Gomberg (D, 10)
- Emerson Levy (D, 53)
Latest actions
- : In committee upon adjournment.
- : Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
- : Recommendation: Do pass and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
- : Work Session held.
- : Public Hearing held.
- : Public Hearing held.
- : Referred to Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
- : First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
Votes
- HALNRW Committee Vote (February 12, 2025): 8 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Ways and Means, Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water
Common questions
- What is HB3131?
- HB3131 is a bill in the Oregon Legislature (2025 Legislative Measures): Relating to the Oregon Agricultural Heritage Fund; declaring an emergency.
- What does HB3131 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR AN ACT Relating to the Oregon Agricultural Heritage Fund; and declaring an emergency.
- What is the status of HB3131?
- Failed as of June 27, 2025. Latest action: In committee upon adjournment. (June 27, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB3131?
- Mark Owens (R, 60), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB3131?
- On the Oregon Legislature website: https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/3131
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