Oregon House Bill 2376

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-17 - Referred to Economic Development, Small Business, and Trade with subsequent referral to Housing and Homelessness, then Ways and Means.
Pending: House Economic Development, Small Business, and Trade Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

The Act would create a regional board in Wallowa County to increase jobs and housing for workers and to develop the economy. The Act would let the county partition and rezone land from resource use to housing use. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6). Establishes the Wallowa Rural and Recreational Economic Development Board to develop and implement strategies for investment in workforce development, workforce housing and economic development in the Wallowa Rural and Recreational Economic Development Region, including a grant and loan program. Allows the county to partition and rezone up to 50 acres of lands within the region from resource use to residential use. Sunsets January 2, 2037. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Relating to economic development in Wallowa County; declaring an emergency.

Rep. Bobby Levy [R]

Rep. Gregory Smith [R]

Rep. Boomer Wright [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-17	House	Referred to Economic Development, Small Business, and Trade with subsequent referral to Housing and Homelessness, then Ways and Means.
2025-01-13	House	First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2376
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2376/Introduced
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureAnalysisDocument/83363