HB2984 • 2025

Appropriates moneys to the State Department of Fish and Wildlife out of the General Fund for deposit into the Oregon Conservation and Recreation Fund.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Representative Helm,, Owens
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 State Department of Fish and Wildlife out of the General Fund for deposit into the Oregon Conservation and Recreation Fund.

Digest: The Act gives money to an agency for deposit into a certain fund.

What This Bill Does

Digest: The Act gives money to an agency for deposit into a certain fund.
The Act says that the money must be used for activities related to water.
(Flesch Readability Score: 64.6).
Appropriates moneys to the State Department of Fish and Wildlife out of the General Fund for deposit into the Oregon Conservation and Recreation Fund.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-06-27 House
In committee upon adjournment.
2025-02-14 House
Recommendation: Do pass and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
2025-02-14 House
Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
2025-02-12 House
Work Session held.
2025-02-05 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

Digest: The Act gives money to an agency for deposit into a certain fund. The Act says that the money must be used for activities related to water. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.6).
Appropriates moneys to the State Department of Fish and Wildlife out of the General Fund for deposit into the Oregon Conservation and Recreation Fund.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Relating to: Relating to funding for activities concerning water; declaring an emergency.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2984
Sponsored by Representatives HELM, 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 as introduced. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: The Act gives money to an agency for deposit into a certain fund. The Act says that the
money must be used for activities related to water. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.6).
Appropriates moneys to the State Department of Fish and Wildlife out of the General Fund for
deposit into the Oregon Conservation and Recreation Fund.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to funding for activities concerning water; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
There is appropriated to the State Department of Fish and Wildlife, for the
biennium beginning July 1, 2025, out of the General Fund, the amount of $1,500,000, for de-
posit into the Oregon Conservation and Recreation Fund established by ORS 496.252 for ac-
tivities described in ORS 496.252 (2) that relate to water.
SECTION 2. 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
on its passage.
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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