HB2376 • 2025

Establishes the Wallowa Rural and Recreational Economic Development Board to develop and implement strategies for investment in workforce development, workforce housing and economic development in the Wallowa Rural and Recreational Economic Development Region, including a grant and loan program.

Housing

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Representative Levy B, Representative Smith G,, Wright,
Last action: 2025-06-27
Official status: In House Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The plain English breakdown is still being put together. The official documents below are already here.

Bill History

2025-06-27 House
In committee upon adjournment.
2025-01-17 House
Referred to Economic Development, Small Business, and Trade with subsequent referral to Housing and Homelessness, then Ways and Means.
2025-01-13 House
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act would create a regional board in Wallowa County to increase jobs and housing for workers and to develop the economy. The Act would let the county partition and rezone land from resource use to housing use. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6).
Establishes the Wallowa Rural and Recreational Economic Development Board to develop and implement strategies for investment in workforce development, workforce housing and economic development in the Wallowa Rural and Recreational Economic Development Region, including a grant and loan program.
Allows the county to partition and rezone up to 50 acres of lands within the region from resource use to residential use. Sunsets January 2, 2037.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Relating to: Relating to economic development in Wallowa County; declaring an emergency.
Current location: In House Committee