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SB887 • 2025

Instructs the Director of Agriculture to employ an organic policy special assistant to the director.

Instructs the Director of Agriculture to employ an organic policy special assistant to the director.

Agriculture
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Senator Gelser Blouin,, Representative Nosse, Senator Frederick,, Prozanski,, Representative Gamba,, Lively
Last action
2025-06-27
Official status
In Senate 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.

Instructs the Director of Agriculture to employ an organic policy special assistant to the director.

Digest: The Act tells an agency head to hire an organic policy specialist.

What This Bill Does

  • Digest: The Act tells an agency head to hire an organic policy specialist.
  • The Act describes the tasks of the new specialist.
  • (Flesch Readability Score: 67.2).
  • Instructs the Director of Agriculture to employ an organic policy special assistant to the director.

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 Senate

    In committee upon adjournment.

  2. 2025-03-14 Senate

    Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means. (Printed A-Eng.)

  3. 2025-03-14 Senate

    Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President.

  4. 2025-03-11 Senate

    Work Session held.

  5. 2025-03-04 Senate

    Public Hearing held.

  6. 2025-01-21 Senate

    Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

  7. 2025-01-21 Senate

    Referred to Natural Resources and Wildfire.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act tells an agency head to hire an organic policy specialist. The Act describes the tasks of the new specialist. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.2).
Instructs the Director of Agriculture to employ an organic policy special assistant to the director.
Relating to: Relating to an organic policy special assistant to the Director of Agriculture.
Current location: In Senate Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
A-Engrossed
Senate Bill 887
Ordered by the Senate March 14
Including Senate Amendments dated March 14
Sponsored by Senator GELSER BLOUIN, Representative NOSSE; Senators FREDERICK, PROZANSKI, Represen-
tatives GAMBA, LIVELY
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. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards.
Digest: The Act tells an agency head to hire an organic policy specialist. The Act describes the
tasks of the new specialist. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.2).
Instructs the Director of Agriculture to employ an organic policy special assistant to the di-
rector.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to an organic policy special assistant to the Director of Agriculture; amending ORS 561.070.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
ORS 561.070 is amended to read:
561.070. (1) The Director of Agriculture may employ veterinarians, chemists, bacteriologists and
other experts, inspectors, accountants, stenographers, clerks or other help necessary to carry out
efficiently the work of the State Department of Agriculture. The director may assign duties and re-
sponsibilities to each officer and employee of the department.
(2) The director may at any time designate or appoint any officer or employee of the department
to act as assistant director of agriculture and may terminate such designation or appointment at any
time, with or without cause. The assistant director of agriculture may perform such duties of the
director as may be prescribed by the director.
(3) If the director appoints any research analysts pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, two
of such research analysts may be members of unclassified service as provided in ORS chapter 240.
(4) The director shall employ an organic policy special assistant to the director to coor-
dinate:
(a) The tracking of national trends, policies and regulatory changes that impact the
production, marketing or certification of organic agricultural products to advance the or-
ganic sector and aid the department in federal- and state-level advocacy.
(b) The marketing of organic agricultural products.
(c) The facilitation of trade in organic agricultural products, including how to address
organic import substitution.
(d) Efforts by the department, in consultation with other state agencies, to address gaps
in data related to organic agricultural products.
(e) Efforts to establish and support statewide infrastructure for the post-harvest handl-
ing and processing of organic agricultural products.
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 3864
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(f) The integration into all relevant department programs of policies that encourage or-
ganic practices.
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