---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the leasing of water rights for split use."
description: "Makes permanent provisions conditionally allowing water right lease to split use of water between existing water right and in-stream water right within same year. Removes prohibition on leasing water right for split use for period of more than 10 years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "HB 3164"
citation: "Oregon HB 3164 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ken Helm", "Mark Owens"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-31T17:57:26+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-16T23:52:40+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36d35eba-87e5-4a4e-9dd2-6489d8befc0f"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/HB3164"
source_hash: "9e81c0dcd5fd322a89e9217c90855d20f88a84b67a1bdacf408987b0d86214a1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-or"]
---

# Oregon HB 3164 (2023R1) — Relating to the leasing of water rights for split use.

Makes permanent provisions conditionally allowing water right lease to split use of water between existing water right and in-stream water right within same year. Removes prohibition on leasing water right for split use for period of more than 10 years.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3164/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3164/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Owens. Passed. — **54–3** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Golden. Passed. — **22–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ken Helm — primary (person)
- Mark Owens — primary (person)
- Emerson Levy — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Kropf — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-31T17:57:26+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02T23:52:52+00:00** Referred to Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing cancelled.
- **2023-03-02T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-03-07T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-03-13T23:12:20+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14T18:31:52+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-15T19:31:41+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 16, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-03-16T19:05:45+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Owens. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-20T17:17:27+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20T20:28:25+00:00** Referred to Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-04-19T15:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-04-24T16:16:53+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-24T18:26:01+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-25T19:53:56+00:00** Carried over to 04-26 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-04-26T19:27:01+00:00** Carried over to 04-27 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-04-27T18:30:35+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Golden. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-02T22:10:52+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-05-03T18:08:20+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-05-08T19:53:23+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-16T23:52:40+00:00** Chapter 55, (2023 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2024.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36d35eba-87e5-4a4e-9dd2-6489d8befc0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).