---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Walla Walla River Basin."
description: "Digest: The Act tells an agency to take actions on water in the Walla Walla River Basin. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2024R1"
identifier: "SB 1567"
citation: "Oregon SB 1567 (2024R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hansell", "Bobby Levy", "Greg Smith", "James Manning Jr.", "Ken Helm"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-05T15:05:18+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-25T18:46:52+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66e12ec7-5d00-4dd2-a8bd-d42bab8bc3ae"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/SB1567"
source_hash: "c6fbe66ff05e6850b126181e09e35524d7cc346f101cce5f18d4b0b0939d8405"
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 SB 1567 (2024R1) — Relating to the Walla Walla River Basin.

Digest: The Act tells an agency to take actions on water in the Walla Walla River Basin. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6).

## 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/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1567/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1567/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Levy B. Passed. — **55–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. — **29–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill Hansell — primary (person)
- Bobby Levy — primary (person)
- Greg Smith — primary (person)
- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
- Ken Helm — primary (person)
- Annessa Hartman — cosponsor (person)
- Boomer Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Charlie Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Emily McIntire — cosponsor (person)
- Lynn Findley — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Owens — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Holvey — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Wagner — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Andersen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05T15:05:18+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05T17:31:30+00:00** Referred to Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs, then Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2024-02-15T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-02-19T17:30:36+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass and subsequent referral to Ways and Means be rescinded. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-19T17:30:37+00:00** Subsequent referral rescinded by order of the President.
- **2024-02-19T19:11:02+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20T20:47:17+00:00** Carried over to 02-21 by unanimous consent.
- **2024-02-21T19:36:22+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hansell. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-22T18:24:53+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23T00:04:11+00:00** Referred to Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27T23:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2024-02-28T17:30:26+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-28T20:01:22+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29T22:29:15+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 4, 2024 Calendar.
- **2024-03-05T00:00:47+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Levy B. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-06T20:03:59+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-06T23:35:25+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-20T22:43:54+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-25T18:44:05+00:00** Chapter 22, 2024 Laws.
- **2024-03-25T18:46:52+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2025.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66e12ec7-5d00-4dd2-a8bd-d42bab8bc3ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).