HB3670 • 2025

Requires a company or state agency that diverts a body of water within 15 miles of high-value farmland to conduct a study to ensure that the diversion will not negatively impact the high-value farmland.

Passed Legislature

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

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

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires a company or state agency that diverts a body of water within 15 miles of high-value farmland to conduct a study to ensure that the diversion will not negatively impact the high-value farmland.

Digest: The Act is about diverting bodies of water near high-value farmland.

What This Bill Does

Digest: The Act is about diverting bodies of water near high-value farmland.
The Act says that a company or state agency that diverts such a body of water has to do a study of impacts.
(Flesch Readability Score: 62.6).
Requires a company or state agency that diverts a body of water within 15 miles of high-value farmland to conduct a study to ensure that the diversion will not negatively impact the high-value farmland.

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Bill History

2025-06-27 House
In committee upon adjournment.
2025-02-27 House
Referred to Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
2025-02-25 House
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act is about diverting bodies of water near high-value farmland. The Act says that a company or state agency that diverts such a body of water has to do a study of impacts. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.6).
Requires a company or state agency that diverts a body of water within 15 miles of high-value farmland to conduct a study to ensure that the diversion will not negatively impact the high-value farmland.
Relating to: Relating to high-value farmland.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3670
Sponsored by Representative EDWARDS
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 is about diverting bodies of water near high-value farmland. The Act says that
a company or state agency that diverts such a body of water has to do a study of impacts. (Flesch
Readability Score: 62.6).
Requires a company or state agency that diverts a body of water within 15 miles of high-value
farmland to conduct a study to ensure that the diversion will not negatively impact the high-value
farmland.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to high-value farmland.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) “Company” includes corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability
companies and joint stock companies.
(b) “High-value farmland” has the meaning given that term in ORS 195.300.
(c) “State agency” means any state officer, board, commission, department, division, in-
stitution, branch or agency of the state government.
(2) A company or state agency that diverts a creek, stream, river or other body of water
within 15 miles of high-value farmland shall conduct a study to ensure that the diverted
creek, stream, river or other body of water will not negatively impact the topsoil or water
supply of the high-value farmland during years of high or low precipitation.
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 4372