House Bill 2010

<i>Requires State Department of Agriculture to study water. Directs department to submit findings to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to natural resources not later than September 15, 2024.</i>] <b>Directs Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board to establish program to provide grants to water suppliers. Establishes Community Drinking Water Enhancement and Protection Fund for purposes related to program. Makes certain changes related to purposes for which moneys in Water Well Abandonment, Repair and Replacement Fund may be used. Directs Legislative Policy and Research Director to report, on or before January 15, 2024, on water infrastructure-related benefits for low-income persons. Directs Water Resources Department to take certain actions on or before October 1, 2024, related to implementing 1998 Stewardship and Supply Initiative. Directs Oregon Consensus at Portland State University to establish collaborative process related to Chewaucan River watershed. Makes certain changes related to integrated state water resources policy. Directs Oregon State University Extension Service and Oregon State University Agricultural Experiment Station to jointly establish agricultural water management technical assistance program. Directs Oregon State University Extension Service and Oregon State University Agricultural Experiment Station to jointly prepare annual reports related to program and climate-related impacts on agricultural producers. Establishes Place-Based Water Planning Fund and authorizes Water Resources Director to award grants from fund. Makes certain changes related to requirements for certification as water right examiner. Directs Department of Environmental Quality to take certain actions related to water reuse or recycled water programs and projects. Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to enter into contract with Oregon Association of Water Utilities for certain purposes. Authorizes Water Resources Department to require certain reporting related to water use. Makes certain changes related to loans and grants from Water Supply Development Account. Directs Oregon Business Development Department to establish Aquifer Recharge Due Diligence Grant Program and Aquifer Recharge Testing Forgivable Loan Program and annually report on programs. Establishes Aquifer Recharge Fund for purposes related to programs. Directs Oregon Department of Administrative Services to provide grants related to treatment of western juniper. Directs Oregon State University to take certain actions related to assisting grant recipients. Appropriates moneys to certain state agencies for purposes related to water. Establishes maximum limits for certain payments related to water. Declares emergency, effective on passage.</b>

In the House of Representatives

• Ken Helm

  Sponsor

• Mark Owens

  Chief co-sponsor

In the Senate

• Kate Lieber

  Sponsor

• Michael Dembrow

  Chief co-sponsor

• House of Representatives, third reading51–5

  Passed · Jun 14 · 4 present

• Senate, third reading24–0

  Passed · Jun 22 · 6 present

• House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

  Adopted Jun 13

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In the House of Representatives May 24 – Jun 14

1. May 24Introduced
2. May 25Sent to Ways and Means
3. May 28Sent to Natural Resources Subcommittee
4. Jun 8Heard in Natural Resources Subcommittee
5. Returned to Ways and Means
6. Jun 12Heard in Ways and Means
7. Jun 13Ways and Means recommended it as amended
8. Jun 14Read a second time
9. Passed the House of Representatives, 51 to 5

In the Senate Jun 15 – Jun 22

1. Jun 15Arrived in the Senate
2. Sent to Ways and Means
3. Jun 20Ways and Means recommended it
4. Read a second time
5. Jun 22Passed the Senate, 24 to 0

To the Governor Jun 24 – Aug 21

1. Jun 24Signed in the House of Representatives
2. Signed in the Senate
3. Aug 4Signed by the Governor
4. Aug 21Became chapter 606 of Oregon Laws 2023, in force from August 4, 2023