Committees · 2024 Regular Session
Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water
Members
As the committee stood at the end of the term. Each name leads to the member's page.
Ken HelmChair
Democrat · 27th District
Annessa HartmanVice-chair
Democrat · 40th District
Mark OwensVice-chair
Republican · 60th District
Republican · 1st District
Democrat · 41st District
Republican · 58th District
Democrat · 5th District
Democrat · 29th District
Republican · 23rd District
Bills
Bills sent to the committee in the 2024 Regular Session.
Bills sent12
6% of the bills the House of Representatives sent to committees
Reported out83%
10 of 12; 2 stopped in committee
Time in committee11 days
most between 7 and 11 days
Amendments offered0
committee amendments
In every session
Each session over its whole term. The 2026 is so far.
202611 bills
reported 91% · typically 6 days, most 3–15 · 0 amendments · 11 members
2025185 bills
reported 48% · typically 48 days, most 31–69 · 0 amendments · 9 members
202412 bills
reported 83% · typically 11 days, most 7–11 · 0 amendments · 9 members
2023189 bills
reported 39% · typically 49 days, most 38–69 · 0 amendments · 9 members
Bills it was sent
Each time a bill was sent to the committee in the 2024 Regular Session, newest first.
12 bills
Senate Bill 1567 · Directs the Water Resources Department to take certain actions related to the Walla Walla Water 2050 Strategic Plan.
Sent February 22, 2024 · Reported out after 6 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 1509 · Eliminates the lottery for Columbia River gillnet vessel permits.
Sent February 21, 2024 · Reported out after 7 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 4049 · Directs the Oregon State University Extension Service and the College of Agricultural Sciences of Oregon State University to study the distribution and occurrence of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) found in biosolids applied to agricultural fields that do not produce crops intended for human consumption.
Sent February 5, 2024 · Reported out after 11 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 4059 · Extends the sunset on provisions relating to limits on Willamette Valley Protected District canola production to January 2, 2028.
Sent February 5, 2024 · Reported out after 14 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 4060 · Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, out of the General Fund, for deposit in the Oregon Agricultural Heritage Fund.
Sent February 5, 2024 · Reported out after 7 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 4061 · Directs the State Department of Agriculture to establish an elk damage prevention and compensation pilot program.
Sent February 5, 2024 · Reported out after 11 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 4090 · Prohibits the Energy Facility Siting Council from exercising jurisdiction over or requiring a site certificate for an energy facility that is a renewable energy facility or transmission line, is sited wholly within federal lands and is subject to review under the National Environmental Policy Act.
Sent February 5, 2024 · Reported out after 11 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 4106 · Directs the State Forester to establish sustainable harvest levels for harvesting timber on state forestland and develop a timber inventory model to inform sustainable harvest levels.
Sent February 5, 2024 · Stopped in committee after 31 days
House Bill 4107 · Provides that compensation for loss or injury to livestock or working dogs under the wolf depredation compensation and financial assistance grant program must be based on certain multipliers of fair market value.
Sent February 5, 2024 · Stopped in committee after 31 days
House Bill 4128 · Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Business Development Department for deposit in the Special Public Works Fund.
Sent February 5, 2024 · Reported out after 11 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 4132 · Requires the State Department of Fish and Wildlife, the State Fish and Wildlife Commission and the Department of State Lands to implement the Ocean Policy Advisory Council recommendations to develop an adaptive management and social monitoring program to support marine reserves.
Sent February 5, 2024 · Reported out after 7 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 4148 · Directs the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to expand programs related to wildlife disease.
Sent February 5, 2024 · Reported out after 11 days · did not pass the House of Representatives