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Committee approves amendment to create interagency water reuse team; House Bill 2169 moves to Ways and Means by prior reference
Summary
The committee adopted the -4 amendment to House Bill 2169 on March 19 and advanced the amended bill to the House floor with a do-pass recommendation and prior referral to Ways and Means to create an interagency water reuse development team.
House Bill 2169 cleared the House Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water Committee on March 19 after adoption of the -4 amendment, which the committee said clarifies agency roles and responsibilities for a new interagency water reuse development team and adds a reporting requirement for the Department of Environmental Quality.
Committee staff summarized the bill as requiring the Department of Environmental Quality and the Oregon Water Resources Department to jointly establish an interagency water reuse development team to encourage and expand water reuse in Oregon. The -4 amendment modifies and clarifies duties and adds an emergency clause changing the effective date to July 1, 2025. Committee staff said the measure has fiscal impact, no revenue impact, and a prior reference subreferral to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means.
Representative Sarah Finger McDonald moved the -4 amendment; the amendment passed. She then moved HB 2169 as amended to the floor with a do-pass recommendation and that it be referred to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means by prior reference. The committee announced the bill passes; no roll-call tally is recorded in the transcript excerpt.
Why it matters: the bill directs two state agencies to coordinate on water reuse policy and creates a reporting requirement intended to clarify roles and advance reuse planning and implementation. Committee staff flagged a fiscal impact but described no revenue effect.
