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Mark Owens

Republican. House, district 60.

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Bills they sponsored

57 bills sponsored this session

Makes municipalities eligible for financial assistance for certain levee projects.HB 3980 · this session · introduced May 30, 2025
In House Committee
Directs the Water Resources Department to study the decline of ground water levels.HB 3833 · this session · introduced Feb 25, 2025
In House Committee
Directs the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to provide a grant to a nonprofit organization to establish a collaborative center in Harney County.HB 3832 · this session · introduced Feb 25, 2025
In House Committee
Prohibits an individual from using a gillnet to land salmon in the main stem of the Columbia River.HB 3827 · this session · introduced Feb 25, 2025
In House Committee
Makes certain changes related to voluntary agreements among ground water users.HB 3801 · this session · introduced Feb 25, 2025
In House Committee
Renames the "Greater Harney Valley Groundwater Area of Concern" the "Harney Basin Groundwater Management Area."HB 3800 · this session · introduced Feb 25, 2025
In House Committee
Directs the Water Resources Department to study water management issues.HB 3705 · this session · introduced Feb 23, 2025
In House Committee
Directs the Water Resources Department to study rules related to water.HB 3704 · this session · introduced Feb 23, 2025
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Directs the Water Resources Department to study the use of voluntary agreements for ground water management.HB 3703 · this session · introduced Feb 23, 2025
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Directs the Water Resources Department to study critical ground water areas.HB 3702 · this session · introduced Feb 23, 2025
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Directs the Water Resources Department to study water management in the Harney Basin.HB 3701 · this session · introduced Feb 23, 2025
In House Committee
Directs the Environmental Quality Commission to adopt by rule standards for certification of sewage treatment works operators from nonreciprocal states, provinces or other certifying entities.HB 3700 · this session · introduced Feb 23, 2025
In House Committee
Establishes the Water Workforce Program in the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to support workforce development initiatives within the water workforce.HB 3634 · this session · introduced Feb 18, 2025
In House Committee
Directs education service districts to provide and pay for examinations administered to homeschooled children.HB 3624 · this session · introduced Feb 17, 2025
In Senate Committee
Directs the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to study mule deer in the Steens Mountain herd range area.HB 3596 · this session · introduced Feb 14, 2025
In House Committee
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Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Water Resources Department for specified purposes relating to water resources data collection and monitoring for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025.HB 3573 · this session · introduced Feb 12, 2025
In House Committee
Appropriates moneys to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution to Oregon State University for purposes of the Institute for Water and Watersheds.HB 3571 · this session · introduced Feb 12, 2025
In House Committee
Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Business Development Department to update the inventory of community infrastructure project needs related to the production of new housing and prepare reports on the inventory update andHB 3570 · this session · introduced Feb 12, 2025
In House Committee
Allows a motorcycle operator to travel between lanes of traffic under certain conditions.HB 3542 · this session · introduced Feb 7, 2025
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Makes permanent certain provisions related to water right examiner certification.HB 3502 · this session · introduced Jan 31, 2025
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Prohibits the consideration of whether certain changes related to water rights would impair or be detrimental to the public interest.HB 3501 · this session · introduced Jan 31, 2025
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Establishes the Move Oregon-Idaho Border Task Force to document the state and federal legal and legislative processes that must take place to relocate the Oregon and Idaho state boundaries to include specified Oregon couHB 3488 · this session · introduced Jan 30, 2025
In House Committee
Designates February 11, 2026, as Oregon Wheat Day.HCR 12 · this session · introduced Jan 27, 2025
Filed with Secretary of State
Permits certain exempt ground water users to withdraw up to 3,000 gallons of water per day for watering any lawn or noncommercial or commercial garden that does not exceed one-half acre.HB 3372 · this session · introduced Jan 22, 2025
Chaptered (Chapter 283)
Urges Congress and federal agencies to adopt land management reforms that will improve the prevention and mitigation of wildfires on federal lands.HJM 11 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2025
In House Committee
Appropriates moneys out of the General Fund to the State Forestry Department for deposit in the Rangeland Protection Association Fund.HB 3350 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2025
In House Committee
Authorizes the State Forestry Department to take certain actions related to motor vehicles and other equipment used by the department.HB 3349 · this session · introduced Jan 21, 2025
Chaptered (Chapter 508)
Requires the Department of Land Conservation and Development, in consultation with the Department of Revenue, State Department of Energy and Water Resources Department, to study siting of energy facilities in designated HB 3346 · this session · introduced Jan 20, 2025
In House Committee
Adds Grant County to the list of counties that may use road fund moneys from federal forest reserves payments for patrolling on the county's roads.HB 3328 · this session · introduced Jan 16, 2025
Chaptered (Chapter 29)
Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to require petition signatures for initiative laws to contain at least eight percent of the total votes cast for all candidates for Governor at the last general election aHJR 11 · this session · introduced Dec 31, 2024
In House Committee
Proposes an amendment to the Oregon Constitution to remove the requirement that school districts must receive voter approval for local general obligation bonds in order to be eligible for matching funds from state-issuedHJR 10 · this session · introduced Dec 31, 2024
In House Committee
Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Oregon Health Authority for the purpose of screening newborns for five specific diseases under the Northwest Regional Newborn Bloodspot Screening Program.HB 3192 · this session · introduced Dec 31, 2024
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Directs the Oregon Department of Emergency Management to procure and maintain vehicles for purposes related to fuel and personnel needs at certain airports.HB 3132 · this session · introduced Dec 31, 2024
In House Committee
Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board, out of the General Fund, for deposit in the Oregon Agricultural Heritage Fund.HB 3131 · this session · introduced Dec 31, 2024
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Requires a member of a district school board to file an economic interest statement only if the member receives a stipend from the district school board.HB 3130 · this session · introduced Dec 31, 2024
In House Committee
Provides that the storage of surface water for fire response preparedness does not require a water right application, permit or certificate.HB 3128 · this session · introduced Dec 31, 2024
In House Committee
Requires use of the state electronic reporting system to report deaths to the Center for Health Statistics.HB 3127 · this session · introduced Dec 31, 2024
Chaptered (Chapter 444)
Directs the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to establish by rule a five-year pilot program to license teachers other than career and technical education teachers in this state in a manner similar to the careerHB 3126 · this session · introduced Dec 31, 2024
In House Committee
Establishes the Task Force on Rangeland Wildfire Resilience and Risk Reduction.HB 3125 · this session · introduced Dec 31, 2024
In House Committee
Instructs the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to identify certain areas as wildlife management units or herd ranges and undertake predator control in the wildlife management units or herd ranges until certain criteHB 3124 · this session · introduced Dec 31, 2024
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Directs the State Department of Agriculture to establish a wildfire risk and impact reduction initiative program that awards grants to eligible local stakeholders.HB 3123 · this session · introduced Dec 31, 2024
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Directs the State Parks and Recreation Department to exercise good-faith efforts to enter into an agreement with the United States Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Land Management to estabHB 3122 · this session · introduced Dec 31, 2024
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Directs the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to distribute moneys to the Oregon Association of Water Utilities to provide technical assistance, or enter into a contract with a third party to provide technicalHB 3121 · this session · introduced Dec 31, 2024
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Directs the State Forestry Department to study funding for preventing, responding to and recovering from natural disasters.HB 3117 · this session · introduced Dec 31, 2024
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Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Water Resources Department for place-based water planning.HB 3116 · this session · introduced Dec 31, 2024
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Instructs Oregon Consensus at Portland State University and Oregon State University to support a process related to water management in the Chewaucan River watershed.HB 3114 · this session · introduced Dec 31, 2024
In House Committee
Creates a state and federal grants coordinator position in the Regional Solutions Program.HB 3113 · this session · introduced Dec 31, 2024
In House Committee
Directs the Water Resources Commission to establish a program for compensating ground water right holders for voluntarily relinquishing all or portions of ground water rights in basins designated as critical ground waterHB 3112 · this session · introduced Dec 31, 2024
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Requires the Water Resources Department to implement additional rules and requirements for the review of limited license applications for an aquifer storage and recovery permit.HB 3108 · this session · introduced Dec 31, 2024
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Creates the Integrated Water Data Team.HB 3106 · this session · introduced Dec 31, 2024
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Provides that a certificate to appropriate water may be assigned.HB 3105 · this session · introduced Dec 31, 2024
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Directs the Oregon Business Development Department to enter into an agreement with a nonprofit organization or local government association to serve as a statewide rural community resource center.HB 3104 · this session · introduced Dec 31, 2024
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Directs the State Forester to determine the available state forestland, establish sustainable harvest levels for harvesting timber on state forestland and manage available state forestland.HB 3103 · this session · introduced Dec 31, 2024
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Directs the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study certain impacts of damages from wildfire.HB 3102 · this session · introduced Dec 31, 2024
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Prohibits the Department of Environmental Quality from requiring a Title V operating permit for certain air curtain incinerators.HB 2332 · this session · introduced Dec 31, 2024
Chaptered (Chapter 73)
Limits the right of a parent to delegate parental rights over a child who is in the care or custody of the Department of Human Services.HB 2331 · this session · introduced Dec 31, 2024
In House Committee
Establishes the Task Force on Law Enforcement Interdiction Against Financial Scams on Older Oregonians.HB 2330 · this session · introduced Dec 31, 2024
In House Committee

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