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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2979
Sponsored by Representatives HELM, OWENS, MCLAIN, EVANS, Senator GOLDEN; Representatives BOICE,
GAMBA, GOMBERG, HARTMAN, MARSH, PHAM H, Senators CAMPOS, FREDERICK, PHAM K, TAYLOR
(Presession filed.)
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 gives money to DAS to give to groups to help produce and distribute food.
(Flesch Readability Score: 84.8).
Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Department of Administrative Ser-
vices for distribution to various entities for food production and distribution.
Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there are appro-
priated to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, for the biennium beginning
July 1, 2025, out of the General Fund, the following amounts, for distribution to the following
entities for the following purposes:
(1) $3,500,000 to the Oregon Community Food System Network for grants for small-scale
farms and ranches.
(2) $2,000,000 to the Oregon Community Food System Network to support food hubs and
regional food system infrastructure.
(3) $2,000,000 to the Oregon Farmers Market Association to support local food system
resilience and increase access for communities and agricultural producers.
(4) $500,000 to the Oregon Farmers Market Association for grants to farmers markets
to cover costs associated with acceptance of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
benefits.
SECTION 2.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 July 1, 2025.
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 2980