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HB3721 • 2025

Directs the Water Resources Department to study the socioeconomic impacts of the removal of the Klamath River dams.

Directs the Water Resources Department to study the socioeconomic impacts of the removal of the Klamath River dams.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Representative Diehl,, Drazan,, Reschke, Representative Harbick,, McIntire,, Skarlatos
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 the socioeconomic impacts of the removal of the Klamath River dams.

Digest: The Act tells an agency to study some impacts of removing certain dams.

What This Bill Does

  • Digest: The Act tells an agency to study some impacts of removing certain dams.
  • The Act prohibits a person from removing a certain type of dam until after the study.
  • (Flesch Readability Score: 60.8).
  • Directs the Water Resources Department to study the socioeconomic impacts of the removal of the Klamath River dams.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-27 House

    In committee upon adjournment.

  2. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water.

  3. 2025-02-25 House

    First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act tells an agency to study some impacts of removing certain dams. The Act prohibits a person from removing a certain type of dam until after the study. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.8).
Directs the Water Resources Department to study the socioeconomic impacts of the removal of the Klamath River dams. Directs the department to submit a report on the study to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to natural resources not later than September 15, 2026.
Prohibits a person from removing a certain type of dam until after the report is submitted.
Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Relating to: Relating to dams; prescribing an effective date.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3721
Sponsored by Representatives DIEHL, DRAZAN, RESCHKE; Representatives MCINTIRE, SKARLATOS
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 some impacts of removing certain dams. The Act pro-
hibits a person from removing a certain type of dam until after the study. (Flesch Readability Score:
60.8).
Directs the Water Resources Department to study the socioeconomic impacts of the removal of
the Klamath River dams. Directs the department to submit a report on the study to the interim
committees of the Legislative Assembly related to natural resources not later than September 15,
2026.
Prohibits a person from removing a certain type of dam until after the report is submitted.
Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to dams; and prescribing an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
(1) The Water Resources Department shall study the socioeconomic impacts
of the removal of the Klamath River dams.
(2) 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 interim 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. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, a person may not remove a
dam that is subject to ORS 540.443 to 540.491 until after the Water Resources Department
has submitted the report described in section 1 of this 2025 Act.
SECTION 4. Section 3 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2027.
SECTION 5. This 2025 Act takes effect on the 91st day after the date on which the 2025
regular session of the Eighty-third Legislative Assembly adjourns sine die.
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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