Oregon Senate Bill 936

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Introduced on January 23 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-03-06 - Public Hearing Scheduled.
Pending: Senate Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs Committee
Hearing: Mar 6 @ 1:00 pm in HR B
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

This Act allows water cleaning in any land use zone and limits review. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). Makes a public health infrastructure facility an allowed use on any zone if the Oregon Health Authority, Department of Environmental Quality or United States Environmental Protection Agency has established a deadline for the development of the facility. Limits criteria that a local government may apply in approving the development. Applies to certain applications already under review. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Relating to public health infrastructure facilities; declaring an emergency.

Sen. Chris Gorsek [D]	Sen. James Manning [D]	Rep. Thuy Tran [D]	Rep. Mark Gamba [D]
Rep. Dacia Grayber [D]	Rep. Zach Hudson [D]	Rep. Robert Nosse [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-03-06	Senate	Public Hearing Scheduled.
2025-01-24	Senate	Referred to Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs.
2025-01-23	Senate	Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB936
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB936/Introduced
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureAnalysisDocument/85252