HB3701 • 2025

Directs the Water Resources Department to study water management in the Harney Basin.

Passed Legislature

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

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

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Directs the Water Resources Department to study water management in the Harney Basin.

Digest: The Act tells an agency to study water management in the Harney Basin.

What This Bill Does

Digest: The Act tells an agency to study water management in the Harney Basin.
The Act tells the agency to report on the study.
(Flesch Readability Score: 62.7).
Directs the Water Resources Department to study water management in the Harney Basin.

Limits and Unknowns

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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.
2025-02-25 House
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act tells an agency to study water management in the Harney Basin. The Act tells the agency to report on the study. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.7).
Directs the Water Resources Department to study water management in the Harney Basin. Directs the department to report to committees or interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to natural resources no later than September 15, 2026.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Relating to: Relating to water management in the Harney Basin; declaring an emergency.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3701
Sponsored by Representatives OWENS, HELM
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 tells an agency to study water management in the Harney Basin. The Act tells
the agency to report on the study. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.7).
Directs the Water Resources Department to study water management in the Harney Basin. Di-
rects the department to report to committees or interim committees of the Legislative Assembly
related to natural resources no later than September 15, 2026.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to water management in the Harney Basin; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
The Water Resources Department shall study water management in the
Harney Basin. The department shall submit a report on the study in the manner provided
by ORS 192.245, and may include recommendations for legislation, to the committees or in-
terim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to natural resources no later than
September 15, 2026.
SECTION 2. Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2027.
SECTION 3. 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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