HB2773 • 2025

Directs the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to establish a program to award grants for recreational fishing facilities within an urban growth boundary.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Representative Evans,, Owens
Last action: 2025-06-27
Official status: In House Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Directs the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to establish a program to award grants for recreational fishing facilities within an urban growth boundary.

<b>Digest: The Act tells an agency to create a program for fishing in certain areas.

What This Bill Does

<b>Digest: The Act tells an agency to create a program for fishing in certain areas.
The Act ends the program on January 2, 2033.
(Flesch Readability Score: 62.7).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act tells an agency to create a program for fishing in certain areas.
The Act ends the program on January 2, 2028.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-06-27 House
In committee upon adjournment.
2025-04-15 House
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
2025-04-15 House
Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
2025-04-09 House
Work Session held.
2025-02-10 House
Public Hearing held.
2025-01-17 House
Referred to Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
2025-01-13 House
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

<b>Digest: The Act tells an agency to create a program for fishing in certain areas. The Act ends the program on January 2, 2033. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.7).</b>
[<i>Digest: The Act tells an agency to create a program for fishing in certain areas. The Act ends the program on January 2, 2028. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.7).</i>]
Directs the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to establish a program to award grants for recreational fishing facilities within an urban growth boundary.<b> Authorizes the use of lottery bond net proceeds to fund the grants.</b>
Sunsets the program on January 2, [<i>2028</i>] <b>2033</b>.
Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Relating to: Relating to fishing; prescribing an effective date.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
A-Engrossed
House Bill 2773
Ordered by the House April 15
Including House Amendments dated April 15
Sponsored by Representatives EVANS, OWENS (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. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards.
Digest: The Act tells an agency to create a program for fishing in certain areas. The Act
ends the program on January 2, 2033. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.7).
[Digest: The Act tells an agency to create a program for fishing in certain areas. The Act ends the
program on January 2, 2028. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.7). ]
Directs the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to establish a program to award grants for
recreational fishing facilities within an urban growth boundary. Authorizes the use of lottery
bond net proceeds to fund the grants.
Sunsets the program on January 2, [ 2028] 2033.
Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to fishing; and prescribing an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
(1) The State Department of Fish and Wildlife shall establish a grant pro-
gram within the restoration and enhancement program to award grants for building or im-
proving public facilities that improve fishing access and that are located inside an urban
growth boundary.
(2) Projects for which grants may be awarded must serve to protect, maintain or enhance
fish and wildlife resources in Oregon, as described in ORS 496.252 (2)(b).
SECTION 2. (1) For the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, at the request of the Oregon
Department of Administrative Services, the State Treasurer is authorized to issue lottery
bonds pursuant to ORS 286A.560 to 286A.585 in an amount that produces $2 million in net
proceeds and interest earnings for the purposes described in subsection (2) of this section,
plus an additional amount estimated by the State Treasurer to be necessary to pay bond-
related costs.
(2) Net proceeds of lottery bonds issued under this section must be transferred to the
subaccount referred to in ORS 496.283, to provide grants to develop and improve fishing ac-
cess sites that fall within an urban growth boundary.
(3) The Legislative Assembly finds that the use of lottery bond proceeds will create jobs,
further economic development, finance public education or restore and protect parks,
beaches, watersheds and native fish and wildlife, and is authorized based on the finding that
having accessible and productive local fisheries enhances community development and sup-
ports economic growth.
SECTION 3.
Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2033.
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.
LC 2413
A-Eng. HB 2773
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SECTION 4.
This 2025 Act takes effect on the 91st day after the date on which the 2025
regular session of the Eighty-third Legislative Assembly adjourns sine die.
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