Oregon legislation · 2025 Legislative Measures
Oregon HB3972: Relating to solid waste.
Status: Failed, June 27, 2025
Digest: This Act gives some counties powers over solid waste and lets counties make an agreement to manage solid waste. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.8). Authorizes Benton County, Linn County and Polk County, in addition to Marion County, to take specified actions with respect to solid waste and solid waste sites or facilities. Authorizes Benton County, Linn County, Marion County and Polk County to enter into an intergovernmental agreement for the joint management of solid waste.
What the bill says
A bill FOR AN ACT Relating to solid waste; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 459.125 and 459.145.
From the introduced text, May 13, 2025:
A BILL FOR AN ACT Relating to solid waste; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 459.125 and 459.145. Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon: SECTION 1. ORS 459.125 is amended to read: 459.125. (1) Subject to ORS 459.145 and the requirements of ORS 459.005 to 459.437 and 459.705 to 459.790, the [board of county commissioners] Boards of County Commissioners of Marion County, Benton County, Linn County and Polk County may: (a) Sell, enter into short or long-term contracts, solicit bids, enter into direct negotiations, deal with brokers or use other methods of sale or disposal for the products or by-products of the disposal sites of the county. (b) Require any person or class of persons who generate solid waste to make use of the disposal, transfer or material or energy recovery sites or facilities of the county or disposal, transfer or material or energy recovery sites or facilities designated by the county. (c) Require any person or class of persons who pick up, collect or transport solid waste to make use of the disposal, transfer or material or energy recovery sites or facilities of the county or disposal, transfer or material or energy recovery sites or facilities designated by the county. (d) Regulate, license, franchise and certify disposal, transfer and material or energy recovery sites …
Sponsors
- Shelly Boshart Davis (R, 15) · primary sponsor
- Anna Scharf (R, 23) · primary sponsor
- Edwin Diehl (R, 17)
- Kevin Mannix (R, 21)
Latest actions
- : In committee upon adjournment.
- : Referred to Climate, Energy, and Environment.
- : First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
Subjects: Climate, Energy, and Environment
Common questions
- What is HB3972?
- HB3972 is a bill in the Oregon Legislature (2025 Legislative Measures): Relating to solid waste.
- What does HB3972 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR AN ACT Relating to solid waste; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 459.125 and 459.145.
- What is the status of HB3972?
- Failed as of June 27, 2025. Latest action: In committee upon adjournment. (June 27, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB3972?
- Shelly Boshart Davis (R, 15), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB3972?
- On the Oregon Legislature website: https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/3972
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