l9n/ Oregon

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 2730

Establishes a beginning farmer and rancher incentive program in the State Department of Agriculture.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ways and Means Committee on June 27, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

<b>Digest: The Act creates a new program to encourage beginning farmers and ranchers and creates a new fund for the program. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 73.1).</b> [<i>Digest: The Act creates a new program to encourage beginning farmers and ranchers. The Act creates a new fund for the program. (Flesch Readability Score: 79.3).</i>] Establishes a beginning farmer and rancher incentive program in the State Department of Agriculture. Requires the department to establish types of incentives to provide to beginning farmers and ranchers. Establishes the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Incentive Fund. Continuously appropriates moneys in the fund to the department for purposes of the incentive program. <b>Appropriates moneys for deposit into the fund. <b>Declares an emergency, effective on passage.</b>

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

19 co-sponsors

Emily McIntire, Bobby Levy, Shelly Boshart Davis, Ed Diehl, Ken Helm, Susan McLain, Sarah McDonald, Gregory Smith, Jeffrey Helfrich, Paul Evans, Lucetta Elmer, Virgle Osborne, John Lively, Courtney Neron Misslin, Mark Gamba, Hai Pham, Jules Walters, Vikki Breese-Iverson, Willy Chotzen

Its course

January 13 to June 27, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action7 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 13 to Jun 27 · stopped165 days

Waiting for a committeeJan 13 to Jan 174 days

Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and WaterJan 17 to Apr 376 days

Ways and MeansApr 3 to Jun 27 · stopped85 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Apr 3

Text

Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 13 – Jun 27

  1. Jan 13Introduced
  2. Jan 17Sent to Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water
  3. Mar 17Heard in Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water
  4. Mar 31Heard in Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water
  5. Apr 3Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water recommended it as amended, and that it go to Ways and Means
  6. Sent to Ways and Means
  7. Jun 27Died when the session ended
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 13First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
  2. Jan 17Referred to Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.House of Representatives
  3. Mar 17Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
  4. Mar 31Work Session held.House of Representatives
  5. Apr 3Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.House of Representatives
  6. Apr 3Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.House of Representatives
  7. Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives