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OR SB5520

Bill

Status

Passed

7/2/2025

Primary Sponsor

Unknown

Origin

Senate

2025 Legislative Measures

AI Summary

  • Appropriates $85,307,531 from the General Fund to the Department of Environmental Quality for the 2025-2027 biennium, including $47.3 million for water quality, $26.6 million for air quality, $6.2 million for debt service, $2.9 million for land quality, and $2.3 million for agency management

  • Establishes $346,894,304 in expenditure limits from fees, miscellaneous receipts, bond proceeds, and specified federal funds, with the largest allocations to air quality ($128.1 million) and land quality ($124 million)

  • Authorizes $7,038,076 from lottery moneys allocated through the Parks and Natural Resources Fund for activities implementing Article XV, section 4b of the Oregon Constitution

  • Sets $164,535,060 in expenditure limits for additional federal funds, primarily for air quality programs ($135.6 million)

  • Declares an emergency, making the act effective July 1, 2025, and exempts debt service and loan expenditures related to the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund and Pollution Control Fund from spending limits

Legislative Description

Relating to the financial administration of the Department of Environmental Quality; and declaring an emergency.

Last Action

Effective date, July 1, 2026.

7/2/2025

Committee Referrals

Ways and Means6/9/2025
Natural Resources1/18/2025
Ways and Means1/17/2025

Full Bill Text

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