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HB3173 • 2025
Establishes the OregonFlora Program at Oregon State University.
This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.
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In committee upon adjournment.
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.
Work Session held.
Public Hearing held.
Referred to Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
Digest: The Act creates a program at OSU regarding plant life in this state. The Act declares an emergency and becomes law on July 1, 2025. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.1). Establishes the OregonFlora Program at Oregon State University. Appropriates moneys to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to be distributed to Oregon State University for purposes of the OregonFlora Program. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025. Relating to: Relating to the OregonFlora Program at Oregon State University; declaring an emergency. Current location: In House Committee