Oregon legislation · 2025 Legislative Measures
Oregon HB3794: Relating to municipal solid waste; and prescribing an effective date.
Status: Chaptered, August 13, 2025
Digest: This Act creates the Task Force on Municipal Solid Waste in the Willamette Valley. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). Establishes the Task Force on Municipal Solid Waste in the Willamette Valley. Directs the task force to submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the environment no later than December 15, 2026. Sunsets the task force on December 31, 2026. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
What the bill says
From the enrolled text, June 28, 2025:
83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session House Bill 3794 Sponsored by Representative MCDONALD, Senators GELSER BLOUIN, PATTERSON; Representatives ANDERSEN, CHAICHI, DIEHL, EVANS, GOMBERG, HELM, WRIGHT, Senators JAMA, REYNOLDS CHAPTER ................................................. Relating to municipal solid waste; and prescribing an effective date. SECTION 1. (1) The Task Force on Municipal Solid Waste in the Willamette Valley is established. (2) The task force consists of 12 members appointed as follows: (a) The President of the Senate shall appoint two nonvoting members from among members of the Senate, including one member from the majority party and one member from the minority party. (b) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint two nonvoting members from among members of the House of Representatives, including one member from the majority party and one member from the minority party. (c) The Governor shall appoint eight members as (B) One member to represent a private hauler of solid waste that operates a landfill in the Willamette Valley; (C) One member to represent the League of Oregon Cities; (D) One member to represent the Association of Oregon Counties; (E) Two members to represent environmental organizations; and (F) Two members with subject matter expertise in the disposal of municipal solid waste. (3) The task force and (b) Review the findings and recommendations of the Regional Sustainable Materials Management Plan …