republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2025r1/hb-3544.md

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Bill	Relating to water.	Establishes uniform processes for hearing contested case proceedings relating to the use of water.	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2025R1	HB 3544	Oregon HB 3544 (2025R1)	bill		enacted	Ken Helm Mark Owens	11	26	6	2025-02-11T19:19:12+00:00	2025-08-13T19:42:36+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/bcbccc33-2a8d-4533-aa94-42352976e5e8	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3544	efee0061c12797692dbbfc8f3a7bd4d0d6039e2aa84013e6724bc5bc98a14d61	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon HB 3544 (2025R1) — Relating to water.

Establishes uniform processes for hearing contested case proceedings relating to the use of water.

Version chain

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

1. House Amendments to Introduced (filed) — source
2. Introduced (filed) — source
3. A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. B-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. C-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
6. HALNRW Amendment -5 (committee substitute) — source
7. House Amendments to A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
8. JWM Amendment -A6 (committee substitute) — source
9. JWM Amendment -B8 (committee substitute) — source
10. Senate Amendments to B-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
11. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 17–5 (pass) · legislature
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Rules suspended. House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — 38–13 (pass) · lower
• Third reading. Carried by Owens. Passed. — 36–6 (pass) · lower
• Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. — 24–5 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 16–2 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Ken Helm — primary (person)
• Mark Owens — primary (person)
• Emerson Levy — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-11T19:19:12+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-02-12T21:25:30+00:00 Referred to Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water. referral-committee
• 2025-03-12T15:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2025-04-02T15:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2025-04-09T15:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-04-16T16:18:18+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-16T16:18:19+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker. referral-committee
• 2025-06-04T17:08:00+00:00 Assigned to Subcommittee On Natural Resources. referral-committee
• 2025-06-10T22:03:00+00:00 Returned to Full Committee.
• 2025-06-10T22:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-06-17T15:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-06-19T22:38:11+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-20T18:45:56+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2025-06-23T22:13:42+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Owens. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2025-06-24T18:18:10+00:00 First reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-06-24T18:28:20+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2025-06-27T20:32:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-06-27T22:10:41+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the B-Eng. bill, to resolve conflicts. (Printed C-Eng.) committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-27T22:11:41+00:00 (Amendments distributed.)
• 2025-06-28T01:41:24+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2025-06-28T02:02:48+00:00 Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2025-06-28T03:44:00+00:00 Rules suspended. House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
• 2025-06-30T18:36:31+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2025-06-30T19:18:53+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2025-07-24T23:48:12+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2025-08-13T19:42:36+00:00 Chapter 575, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bcbccc33-2a8d-4533-aa94-42352976e5e8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).