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HB2228 • 2025

Repeals provisions limiting brassica production in the Willamette Valley Protected District.

Repeals provisions limiting brassica production in the Willamette Valley Protected District.

Agriculture
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Representative Scharf
Last action
2025-06-27
Official status
In House Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

  1. 2025-06-27 House

    In committee upon adjournment.

  2. 2025-01-17 House

    Referred to Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.

  3. 2025-01-13 House

    First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act removes limits on canola in a certain valley. The Act says that an agency can create a system for registering canola. The Act requires a certain amount of space between fields of canola in the valley. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.6).
Repeals provisions limiting brassica production in the Willamette Valley Protected District.
Authorizes the State Department of Agriculture to establish a system for registering brassica seed crop.
Requires brassica producers to maintain isolation distances between fields of brassica seed crop in the Willamette Valley Protected District, with certain exceptions.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Relating to: Relating to brassica production; declaring an emergency.
Current location: In House Committee