l9n/ Oregon

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 3527

Establishes the Public Drinking Water, Stormwater and Sewer Ratepayer Assistance Fund.

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: Creates a fund to help households with low incomes with water, stormwater and sewer bill payments. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6).</b> [<i>Digest: Creates a fund to help low-income households with water and sewer bill payments. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4).</i>] Establishes the Public Drinking Water<b>, Stormwater</b> and Sewer Ratepayer Assistance Fund. Directs the Housing and Community Services Department to provide grants from moneys in the fund to qualified organizations to distribute water<b>, stormwater</b> and sewer bill payment assistance to low-income residential households. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

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

4 co-sponsors

Mark Gamba, Kevin Mannix, Jules Walters, David Gomberg

In the Senate

    1 co-sponsor

    James Manning Jr.

    Its course

    February 11 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 RepresentativesFeb 11 to Jun 27 · stopped136 days

    Waiting for a committeeFeb 11 to Feb 121 day

    Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and WaterFeb 12 to Mar 2743 days

    Ways and MeansMar 27 to Jun 27 · stopped92 days

    Amendments

    Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

    • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

      Adopted Mar 27

    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 Feb 11 – Jun 27

    1. Feb 11Introduced
    2. Feb 12Sent to Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water
    3. Feb 17Heard in Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water
    4. Mar 24Heard in Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water
    5. Mar 27Agriculture, 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. Feb 11First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
    2. Feb 12Referred to Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.House of Representatives
    3. Feb 17Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
    4. Mar 24Work Session held.House of Representatives
    5. Mar 27Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.House of Representatives
    6. Mar 27Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.House of Representatives
    7. Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives