l9n/ Oregon

2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 1153

Directs the Water Resources Department to consider whether certain water right transfers will result in a loss of in-stream habitat for sensitive, threatened or endangered aquatic species in stream reaches not protected by an existing water right or contribute to water quality impairment in water quality limited streams.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Rules 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 tells an agency to consider if changes to water rights will affect the public interest. The Act tells the agency to allow tribes to review certain requests to change water rights. The Act allows the agency to condition water right changes in certain ways. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Directs the Water Resources Department to consider whether certain water right transfers will result in a loss of in-stream habitat for sensitive, threatened or endangered aquatic species in stream reaches not protected by an existing water right or contribute to water quality impairment in water quality limited streams. Directs the department to provide an opportunity for tribes to review certain water right transfer applications. Authorizes the department to condition water right transfers with water use measurement and reporting, water level measurement and reporting or the installation of fish screening or by-pass devices.

Sponsors

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

In the Senate

    1 co-sponsor

    SNRW

    Its course

    February 27 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 action11 actions on 9 days

    In the SenateFeb 27 to Jun 27 · stopped120 days

    Waiting for a committeeFeb 27 to Mar 34 days

    Natural Resources and WildfireMar 3 to Apr 1442 days

    RulesApr 14 to Jun 27 · stopped74 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 Senate Feb 27 – Jun 27

    1. Feb 27Introduced
    2. Mar 3Sent to Natural Resources and Wildfire
    3. Mar 25Heard in Natural Resources and Wildfire
    4. Apr 8Heard in Natural Resources and Wildfire
    5. Apr 14Natural Resources and Wildfire reported it without a recommendation, and that it go to Rules
    6. Sent to Rules
    7. Jun 3Heard in Rules
    8. Heard in Rules
    9. Jun 5Heard in Rules
    10. Jun 9Heard in Rules
    11. Jun 27Died when the session ended
    All 11 actions, as published
    1. Feb 27Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
    2. Mar 3Referred to Natural Resources and Wildfire.Senate
    3. Mar 25Public Hearing held.Senate
    4. Apr 8Work Session held.Senate
    5. Apr 14Recommendation: Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Rules.Senate
    6. Apr 14Referred to Rules by order of the President.Senate
    7. Jun 3Informational Meeting held.Senate
    8. Jun 3Public Hearing held.Senate
    9. Jun 5Work Session held.Senate
    10. Jun 9Work Session held.Senate
    11. Jun 27At President's desk upon adjournment.Senate