l9n/ Oregon

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 3739

Prohibits a person from removing a dam.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water Committee on June 27, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Digest: The Act prohibits a person from removing a dam. The Act tells an agency to encourage persons to construct ten new dams. The Act tells the agency to compile lists of proposed dams and potential dams. (Flesch Readability Score: 70.1). Prohibits a person from removing a dam. Directs the Water Resources Department to encourage persons to construct 10 new dams in this state on or before December 31, 2030. Directs the department to compile lists of dams that have been proposed since the year 1900 and potential new dams. Directs the department to submit a report on the lists to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to natural resources not later than September 15, 2026. 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

Its course

February 25 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 action3 actions on 3 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 25 to Jun 27 · stopped122 days

Waiting for a committeeFeb 25 to Feb 272 days

Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and WaterFeb 27 to Jun 27 · stopped120 days

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 25 – Jun 27

  1. Introduced
  2. Sent to Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water
  3. Died when the session ended
All 3 actions, as published