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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO
HOUSE BILL 3010
By COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, LAND USE, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND
WATER
April 3
Delete lines 5 through 25 of the printed bill and insert:
“SECTION 2. (1) The Oregon State University Extension Service, in cooperation with the
State Department of Agriculture, shall develop and implement a statewide program of cul-
turally appropriate Spanish language pesticide education for farmworkers, pesticide consult-
ants, operators, applicators, noncommercial applicators, private applicators and trainees.
The program shall be implemented as a part of the program operated by the extension ser-
vice to provide pesticide safety education.
“(2) Educational materials and instruction provided under the program must be consist-
ent with the programs of instruction and courses of study established under ORS 634.306 (8).
“(3) Instruction provided in Spanish must include, but need not be limited to, training
regarding:
“(a) Worker protection standards established by the federal Environmental Protection
Agency;
“(b) Best practices to protect water quality; and
“(c) Other practices for the safe handling of pesticides to protect worker health and the
environment.
“(4) Educational materials provided in Spanish must include, but need not be limited to:
“(a) Training materials;
“(b) Study guides; and
“(c) Web-based content.
“SECTION 3. (1) No later than December 31, 2025, Oregon State University, in cooper-
ation with the State Department of Agriculture, shall complete the development of the
Spanish language version of the online precertification training program offered by the
Oregon State University Pesticide Safety Education Program.
“(2)(a) Upon completion of the Spanish language version of the online precertification
training program, the university, in cooperation with the department, shall, through Oregon
State University Extension Service offices located throughout the state, publicize the avail-
ability of the program and provide information about the program to any interested person.
“(b) The department shall provide information about the program to any interested per-
son in the course of the department’s regular outreach efforts throughout the state.
“SECTION 4.Section 3 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2028.
“SECTION 5. In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appro-
priated to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, for the biennium beginning July
1, 2025, out of the General Fund, the amount of $40,000, for distribution to Oregon State
University to carry out section 3 of this 2025 Act.
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“SECTION 6. In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appro-
priated to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, for the biennium beginning July
1, 2025, out of the General Fund, the amount of $744,124, for distribution to the Oregon State
University Extension Service Pesticide Safety Education Program to carry out section 2 of
this 2025 Act.”.
In line 26, delete “4” and insert “7”.
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