HB2749 • 2025

Appropriates moneys to the Department of Transportation for distribution to the City of Portland for the purpose of designing a bridge across Columbia Boulevard.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Representative Nelson, Representative Isadore,, Senator Frederick,, Reynolds,
Last action: 2025-06-27
Official status: In House Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Appropriates moneys to the Department of Transportation for distribution to the City of Portland for the purpose of designing a bridge across Columbia Boulevard.

Digest: The Act gives money to ODOT to give to the City of Portland to help design a bridge.

What This Bill Does

Digest: The Act gives money to ODOT to give to the City of Portland to help design a bridge.
(Flesch Readability Score: 80.4).
Appropriates moneys to the Department of Transportation for distribution to the City of Portland for the purpose of designing a bridge across Columbia Boulevard.
Directs the city to report to the Joint Committee on Transportation on seeking federal funds for the bridge across Columbia Boulevard.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-06-27 House
In committee upon adjournment.
2025-04-14 House
Public Hearing held.
2025-01-17 House
Referred to Transportation with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
2025-01-13 House
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act gives money to ODOT to give to the City of Portland to help design a bridge. (Flesch Readability Score: 80.4).
Appropriates moneys to the Department of Transportation for distribution to the City of Portland for the purpose of designing a bridge across Columbia Boulevard. Directs the city to report to the Joint Committee on Transportation on seeking federal funds for the bridge across Columbia Boulevard.
Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
Relating to: Relating to the bridge across Columbia Boulevard; declaring an emergency.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2749
Sponsored by Representative NELSON; Representative ISADORE, Senators FREDERICK, REYNOLDS (Presession
filed.)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: The Act gives money to ODOT to give to the City of Portland to help design a bridge.
(Flesch Readability Score: 80.4).
Appropriates moneys to the Department of Transportation for distribution to the City of
Portland for the purpose of designing a bridge across Columbia Boulevard. Directs the city to report
to the Joint Committee on Transportation on seeking federal funds for the bridge across Columbia
Boulevard.
Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the bridge across Columbia Boulevard; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appropri-
ated to the Department of Transportation, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, out of the
General Fund, the amount of $5,000,000, for distribution to the City of Portland for the pur-
pose of designing a bridge over Columbia Boulevard.
SECTION 2. (1) The City of Portland is encouraged to seek and apply for federal funding
to aid in the design and construction of a bridge across Columbia Boulevard.
(2) No later than September 15, 2026, the City of Portland shall provide a report to the
Joint Committee on Transportation, in the manner provided in ORS 192.245, on the progress
of obtaining federal funds for the bridge across Columbia Boulevard.
SECTION 3. Section 2 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2027.
SECTION 4. This 2025 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2025 Act takes effect
July 1, 2025.
NOTE: Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [ italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
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