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2017 Water Legislation Tracking
Restored from the 2017–2023 coalition website, as captured on June 4, 2023. The text is kept as published. Dead links and contact details have been removed.
The Oregon Water Coalition provides complete lists of water-related bills being proposed in the Oregon, Washington, and Idaho legislatures.
Oregon Legislation 
Washington Legislation 
Idaho Legislation Added in 2026
Context for “2017 Water Legislation Tracking”
This was the hub for the coalition's 2017 session trackers. The Oregon list included HB 2027, which as introduced proposed lottery bonds to fund water storage and distribution projects, and bills on drought resilience and regional water planning. The Washington list centred on permit-exempt wells and instream flows, a fight that came to a head after the state Supreme Court's October 2016 Hirst decision and was addressed by ESSB 6091, signed in January 2018.
The trackers were last updated on April 17, 2017, so final outcomes for many bills are not shown.
Do these lists show which bills passed?
Only up to the last update on April 17, 2017. Final status is on each legislature's own bill-tracking site.