---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to water reuse; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Establishes state policy on water reuse. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to establish an interagency water reuse team. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "HB 2169"
citation: "Oregon HB 2169 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00"
last_action: "2025-08-07T21:11:07+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b5f5f2c-a7cf-40a5-8ca1-5f06a2f7140f"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2169"
source_hash: "d3fc655e4e8f6bec9cc0083817e811fe58ac0019fa09e4ac6c0e39356db47dc2"
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 2169 (2025R1) — Relating to water reuse; and declaring an emergency.

Establishes state policy on water reuse. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to establish an interagency water reuse team. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.

## Version chain

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

1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2169/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2169/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2169/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2169/B-Engrossed)
5. **HALNRW Amendment -4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/26914)
6. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2169/House%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
7. **JWM Amendment -A5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/29473)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2169/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. — **28–1** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **44–2** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Helm. Passed. — **41–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-17T20:47:46+00:00** Referred to Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-03-19T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-03-21T21:30:30+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21T21:31:53+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-29T23:10:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-03T23:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2025-06-03T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-06-06T15:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-06-11T17:01:01+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-12T17:35:57+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-13T21:32:35+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Helm. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-16T21:50:24+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-16T22:14:51+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-18T16:17:09+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-18T18:58:33+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-19T22:26:56+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-23T22:20:07+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-24T15:35:06+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-07-18T02:25:24+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-07T21:11:07+00:00** Chapter 477, (2025 Laws): Effective date July 17, 2025.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b5f5f2c-a7cf-40a5-8ca1-5f06a2f7140f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).