---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to seafood processors; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Authorizes the Environmental Quality Commission and the Department of Environmental Quality to allow for a mixing zone to meet bacteria water quality criteria in a permit applicable to a seafood processing facility. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "HB 3814"
citation: "Oregon HB 3814 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["April Dobson", "Cyrus Javadi", "David Brock Smith", "David Gomberg"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-27T19:29:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-06T20:56:34+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36fc0f84-a6fd-4ec5-b5e1-013305e5b975"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3814"
source_hash: "ad1c664cffd2beecf0b80b2cf0b75848fdd4de7bbef685ee81be6c8e5d9e1060"
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 3814 (2025R1) — Relating to seafood processors; and prescribing an effective date.

Authorizes the Environmental Quality Commission and the Department of Environmental Quality to allow for a mixing zone to meet bacteria water quality criteria in a permit applicable to a seafood processing facility. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

## 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/HB3814/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3814/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3814/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3814/B-Engrossed)
5. **HCEE Amendment -3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/27518)
6. **SNRW Amendment -A5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/28727)
7. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3814/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3814/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. — **51–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **11–1** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **48–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Weber, Smith DB. Passed. — **26–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- April Dobson — primary (person)
- Cyrus Javadi — primary (person)
- David Brock Smith — primary (person)
- David Gomberg — primary (person)
- Bobby Levy — cosponsor (person)
- Court Boice — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Helm — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Wallan — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Owens — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly Boshart Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne Weber — cosponsor (person)
- Virgle Osborne — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-27T19:29:00+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05T00:19:48+00:00** Referred to Climate, Energy, and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-04-01T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-04-04T20:10:37+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07T18:34:06+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-08T19:23:13+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 9, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-04-09T19:09:30+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 10, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-04-10T22:52:03+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T16:19:36+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14T20:36:04+00:00** Referred to Natural Resources and Wildfire. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-04-24T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-04-29T20:12:54+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-30T18:30:59+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-01T19:17:45+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Weber, Smith DB. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-06T18:38:02+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2025-05-08T17:28:22+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-08T19:31:46+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-14T23:03:44+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-06T20:56:34+00:00** Chapter 84, (2025 Laws): effective on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36fc0f84-a6fd-4ec5-b5e1-013305e5b975`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).