Oregon legislation · 2025 Legislative Measures
Oregon HB3980: Relating to levee projects; declaring an emergency.
Status: Failed, June 27, 2025
Digest: The Act would make it so that municipalities are able to get loans and grants for levee projects. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.3). Makes municipalities eligible for financial assistance for certain levee projects. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
What the bill says
A bill FOR AN ACT Relating to levee projects; creating new provisions; amending ORS 285B.420; and declaring an emergency.
From the introduced text, May 30, 2025:
A BILL FOR AN ACT Relating to levee projects; creating new provisions; amending ORS 285B.420; and declaring an emergency. Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon: SECTION 1. ORS 285B.420 is amended to read: 285B.420. (1) The Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority may provide financial assistance in the form of loans or grants for a levee project ] (a) Municipalities; (b) Corporations or companies for drainage or flood control organized under ORS chapter 554; and (c) For-profit or nonprofit entities and individuals engaged in the ownership, construction, inspection, accreditation, certification or repair of levees. (2) To qualify for financial assistance under this section, the [district] municipality, corporation, company, entity or individual must demonstrate, and the authority must find, that the levee project substantially contributes to the improvement, expansion or repair of the state's or a municipality's infrastructure system and is essential for the use or development of farm, industrial or commercial land in Oregon. (3) Levee projects that receive financial assistance under this section are subject to the provisions and requirements of ORS 285B.410 to 285B.482, if applicable. SECTION 2. The amendments to ORS 285B.420 by section 1 of this 2025 Act apply to financial assistance provided under ORS 285B.420 before, on or after the effective date of this 2025 Act. SECTION 3. This 2025 Act being …
Sponsors
- Mark Owens (R, 60) · primary sponsor
- Fred Girod (R, 9) · primary sponsor
- David Smith (R, 1) · primary sponsor
- Barbara Levy (R, 58) · primary sponsor
- Suzanne Weber (R, 16) · primary sponsor
- Christine Drazan (R, 51)
- David Gomberg (D, 10)
- Annessa Hartman (D, 40)
- Emerson Levy (D, 53)
- Susan McLain (D, 29)
- Richard Anderson (R, 5)
- Anthony Broadman (D, 27)
Latest actions
- : In committee upon adjournment.
- : Referred to Rules.
- : First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
Common questions
- What is HB3980?
- HB3980 is a bill in the Oregon Legislature (2025 Legislative Measures): Relating to levee projects; declaring an emergency.
- What does HB3980 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR AN ACT Relating to levee projects; creating new provisions; amending ORS 285B.420; and declaring an emergency.
- What is the status of HB3980?
- Failed as of June 27, 2025. Latest action: In committee upon adjournment. (June 27, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB3980?
- Mark Owens (R, 60), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB3980?
- On the Oregon Legislature website: https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/3980
Source: official Oregon record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.