republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2025r1/sb-761.md

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Bill	Relating to the Walla Walla basin.	</b> </i>] [<i>Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Water Resources Department to implement projects that benefit water demands in the Walla Walla basin.</i>] <b>Authorizes the Water Resources Department to approve applications by certain water districts within the Walla Walla basin to lease existing water rights for temporary conversion to in-stream water rights if certain conditions exist and the department makes certain determinations. Establishes procedures for how applications may be considered and establishes the terms of leases that are created under the Act. Sunsets on January 2, 2030.</b>	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2025R1	SB 761	Oregon SB 761 (2025R1)	bill		enacted	Bobby Levy Todd Nash	6	22	5	2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00	2025-06-06T23:05:17+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/ea3e3ff2-4ca3-4b49-ae47-dc79b155fd2c	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB761	7ac2848c5fc0c63aa1582806b55434ed37d521652795a28652e0b7fbc515ef40	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon SB 761 (2025R1) — Relating to the Walla Walla basin.

] [Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Water Resources Department to implement projects that benefit water demands in the Walla Walla basin.] Authorizes the Water Resources Department to approve applications by certain water districts within the Walla Walla basin to lease existing water rights for temporary conversion to in-stream water rights if certain conditions exist and the department makes certain determinations. Establishes procedures for how applications may be considered and establishes the terms of leases that are created under the Act. Sunsets on January 2, 2030.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Senate Amendments to Introduced (filed) — source
3. A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. SVEMFW Amendment -2 (committee substitute) — source
5. SVEMFW Amendment -4 (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Third reading. Carried by Nash. Passed. — 28–0 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Third reading. Carried by Levy B. Passed. — 50–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bobby Levy — primary (person)
• Todd Nash — primary (person)
• Daniel Bonham — cosponsor (person)
• David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
• James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Ken Helm — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Owens — cosponsor (person)
• Mike McLane — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00 Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-01-17T22:13:22+00:00 Referred to Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs, then Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2025-02-06T21:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2025-04-01T20:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-04-08T20:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-04-18T17:19:54+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and subsequent referral to Ways and Means be rescinded. (Printed A-Eng.) committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-18T17:19:55+00:00 Subsequent referral rescinded by order of the President.
• 2025-04-21T18:38:45+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2025-04-22T19:24:51+00:00 Carried over to 04-23 by unanimous consent.
• 2025-04-23T19:00:29+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Nash. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2025-04-24T17:41:03+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-04-24T21:11:12+00:00 Referred to Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water. referral-committee
• 2025-05-05T15:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2025-05-12T15:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-05-14T22:22:38+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-15T18:20:57+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2025-05-19T20:16:20+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Levy B. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2025-05-20T22:02:32+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2025-05-21T17:14:04+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2025-05-28T20:25:24+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2025-06-06T23:00:17+00:00 Chapter 227, 2025 Laws.
• 2025-06-06T23:05:17+00:00 Effective date, January 1, 2026.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ea3e3ff2-4ca3-4b49-ae47-dc79b155fd2c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).