HB2883 • 2025

Directs the Department of Land Conservation and Development to conduct a study on methods to mitigate the impact of technology support structures on the aesthetics of certain areas.

Technology

Passed Legislature

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

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

Plain English Breakdown

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Directs the Department of Land Conservation and Development to conduct a study on methods to mitigate the impact of technology support structures on the aesthetics of certain areas.

Digest: This Act makes DLCD report on limiting tech towers' impact on views.

What This Bill Does

Digest: This Act makes DLCD report on limiting tech towers' impact on views.
(Flesch Readability Score: 67.7).
Directs the Department of Land Conservation and Development to conduct a study on methods to mitigate the impact of technology support structures on the aesthetics of certain areas.
Requires the department to report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to land use by September 15, 2026.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-06-27 House
In committee upon adjournment.
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

Digest: This Act makes DLCD report on limiting tech towers' impact on views. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.7).
Directs the Department of Land Conservation and Development to conduct a study on methods to mitigate the impact of technology support structures on the aesthetics of certain areas. Requires the department to report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to land use by September 15, 2026.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Relating to: Relating to technology support structures; declaring an emergency.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2883
Sponsored by Representative EVANS (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: This Act makes DLCD report on limiting tech towers’ impact on views. (Flesch Read-
ability Score: 67.7).
Directs the Department of Land Conservation and Development to conduct a study on methods
to mitigate the impact of technology support structures on the aesthetics of certain areas. Requires
the department to report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to land use
by September 15, 2026.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to technology support structures; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
(1) As used in this section, “technology support structure” means a struc-
ture situated above ground that is necessary for the support and function of cellular, satel-
lite or radio technology.
(2) The Department of Land Conservation and Development shall conduct a study on
methods to mitigate the impact of technology support structures on the aesthetics of certain
areas. The study shall:
(a) Identify areas where technology support structures impact the aesthetics of
waterways, areas zoned for farm or forest use or areas associated with tourism;
(b) Evaluate how the impact of technology support structures on the aesthetics of the
identified areas affects quality of life and tourism;
(c) Evaluate standards or processes adopted by other states’ legislatures or judicial de-
cisions that relate to the management of technology support structures as visual imped-
iments to national and statewide tourism goals;
(d) Develop suggested standards for adoption by planning commissions and local govern-
ments to mitigate the impact of technology support structures on the aesthetics of the
identified areas; and
(e) Establish a schedule for planning commissions and local governments to implement
and enforce the standards developed under paragraph (d) of this subsection no later than
January 1, 2033.
SECTION 2.
The Department of Land Conservation and Development shall submit a re-
port in the manner provided by ORS 192.245 on the progress of the study described in section
1 of this 2025 Act to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to land use
no later than September 15, 2026.
SECTION 3. Sections 1 and 2 of this 2025 Act are repealed on January 2, 2027.
SECTION 4. This 2025 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
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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peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2025 Act takes effect
on its passage.
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