l9n/ Oregon

2019 Regular Session

House Bill 2792

Requires applicant for energy facility site certificate to obtain land use approval from local government.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Energy and Environment Committee on June 30, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Requires applicant for energy facility site certificate to obtain land use approval from local government. Modifies provisions relating to exception process if local government fails to concur with Energy Facility Siting Council decision. Requires council to direct State Department of Energy to review environmental impact of proposed facility. Allows site certificate to be granted if facility meets council's recommended guidelines for energy generation, conservation and regional consumption. Specifies factors council must consider in adopting guidelines. Requires disclosure of financial ability and criminal history by applicant. Directs Energy Facility Siting Council to adopt standards requiring site certificate applicants to submit certain seismic risk information. Creates Task Force on Regional Energy Policy and specifies duties and powers of task force. Sunsets task force on date of convening of 2021 regular legislative session.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

    1 co-sponsor

    HAGLU

    Its course

    January 24 to June 30, 2019, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action3 actions on 3 days

    In the House of RepresentativesJan 24 to Jun 30 · stopped157 days

    Waiting for a committeeJan 24 to Jan 284 days

    Energy and EnvironmentJan 28 to Jun 30 · stopped153 days

    Text

    Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.

    In the House of Representatives Jan 24 – Jun 30

    1. Jan 24Introduced
    2. Jan 28Sent to Energy and Environment
    3. Jun 30Died when the session ended
    All 3 actions, as published
    1. Jan 24First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
    2. Jan 28Referred to Energy and Environment with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.House of Representatives
    3. Jun 30In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives