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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3463
Sponsored by Representatives HELM, OWENS
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 banks. (Flesch Readability Score: 75.5).
Directs the Water Resources Department to study water banks. Directs the department to
submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to water not later
than September 15, 2026.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to water banks.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. The Water Resources Department shall study water banks. The department
shall submit a report in the manner provided by ORS 192.245, and may include recommen-
dations for legislation, to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to
water no later than September 15, 2026.
SECTION 2.Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2027.
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 2518