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2025–26 Water Rights Rulemaking

The purpose of this rulemaking is to (1) implement House Bill 3342 (2025) relating to water rights transactions; (2) implement House Bill 3544 (2025) relating to contested case processes; (3) reinitiate efforts to update Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR) Chapter 690, Division 77 rules relating to instream water transactions; and (4) make other policy and process improvements to impacted rule divisions. These Divisions include 2 (contested case/protests), 380 (transfers), 77 (instream water transactions), 382 (groundwater registrations), 17 (forfeiture/cancellation), and 305 (new standardized mapping criteria).

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2025 Rules Advisory Committee Meeting Materials

Rule Advisory Committee - Rule Information and Background

2025 Statutes

Current Rules


Rules Advisory Committee Meeting #1 – September 17, 2025

RAC R​oster​​
RAC Operating​ Principles
Tentative RAC Meeti​ng Schedule by Division (091725)
Age​nda

Draft Rules
Division 14 (with updated rule summary cover sheet)
Division 52 (with updated rule summary cover sheet)
Division 53 (with updated rule summary cover sheet)
Division 54 (with updated rule summary cover sheet)
Division 320 (with updated rule summary cover sheet)
Division 325 (with updated rule summary cover sheet)
Division 340​ (with updated rule summary cover sheet)

Meeting Presentation
Meeting Recording​


Meeting Minutes (coming soon)

Comments (coming soon)​

Rules Advisory Committee Meeting #2 – September 24, 2025
Draft Rules​​
Division 2 (with updated rule summary cover sheet)
Division 300 (with updated rule summary cover sheet)
Division 305 (new)​ (with updated rule summary cover sheet)

Rules Advisory Committee Meeting #3 – October 14, 2025

Rules Advisory Committee Meeting #5 – October 21, 2025

Meeting Time and Location: 
8:30 a.m. – noon
Oregon Water Resources Department
3rd Floor Rogue Conference Room
725 Summer St. NE, Salem, OR 97301
*Please check in on the first floor, Suite A​

Agenda​ 

Draft Rules
Division 382​ (time allowing)

Rules Advisory Committee Meeting #6 – October 29, 2025 (morning meeting)

Meeting Time and Location: 
8:30 a.m. – noon
Oregon Water Resources Department
3rd Floor Rogue Conference Room
725 Summer St. NE, Salem, OR 97301
*Please check in on the first floor, Suite A​


Agenda


Draft Rules

Division 382

Division 77

Division 330 (corrected)

Division 14 (Revised 102725)

Rule Revision Tracker – Div 14 (102725)

Division 300 (Revised 102725)

Rule Revision Tracker – Div 300 (102725)

Division 320 (Revised 102725) (corrected)

Rule Revision Tracker – Div 320 (102725)​

Meeting Presentation
Meeting Recording​ 
DRAFT Meeting Summary
​​​​Comments Received Nov 6 – 11

Rules Advisory Committee Meeting #7 – October 29, 2025 (afternoon meeting)

Meeting Time and Location: 
1 – 5 p.m.
Oregon Water Resources Department
3rd Floor Rogue Conference Room
725 Summer St. NE, Salem, OR 97301
*Please check in on the first floor, Suite A​

Agenda

Draft Rules

Division 382

Division 77

Division 330 (corrected)

Division 14 (Revised 102725)

Rule Revision Tracker – Div 14 (102725)

Division 300 (Revised 102725)

Rule Revision Tracker – Div 300 (102725)

Division 320 (Revised 102725) (corrected)

Rule Revision Tracker – Div 320 (102725)​


Meeting Presentation​

Meeting Recording​

DRAFT Meeting Summary​​​​​​​

​​​​Comments Received ​Nov 6 – 11​​

Rules Advisory Committee VIRTUAL Meeting: Follow up on OAR 690-002 – October 31, 2025 (10 a.m. – noon)

Rules Advisory Committee Meeting #8 – November 12, 2025 (8:30 a.m. – noon)