Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ways and Means Committee on June 27, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2410
Allows the Energy Facility Siting Council to issue a site certificate for a small modular reactor energy facility demonstration project in Umatilla County.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Digest: Allows EFSC to approve a power plant demo project that uses one or more small modular reactors. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Allows the Energy Facility Siting Council to issue a site certificate for a small modular reactor energy facility demonstration project in Umatilla County. Requires the demonstration project to use microgrid enabling technologies such that the project can be isolated from the electric grid and support community energy resilience. <b>Requires the council to consult with each interested federally recognized Indian tribe with tribal lands located in Umatilla County on an application for a site certificate for a demonstration project.</b> Directs the State Department of Energy<b>, in cooperation with certain state agencies,</b> to prepare a report on statutes, rules, requirements or orders that may be applicable to a small modular reactor energy facility demonstration project, and statutes and rules that may need to be adopted or modified to enable the Energy Facility Siting Council to provide oversight of a demonstration project. Directs the department to submit the report to the interim committees or committees of the Legislative Assembly related to energy not later than [<i>one year after the Act takes effect</i>]<b> December 15, 2026</b>. Establishes the Umatilla County SMR Demonstration Project Report Fund. Refers the Act to the people of Umatilla County for their approval or rejection at the next regular general election.
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
Sponsor
Chief co-sponsor
10 co-sponsors
Emerson Levy, Boomer Wright, Court Boice, Virgle Osborne, Mark Owens, E. Werner Reschke, Darcey Edwards, Christine Drazan, Gregory Smith, Ken Helm
In the Senate
Sponsor
2 co-sponsors
Its course
January 13 to June 27, 2025, 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 action7 actions on 6 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 13 to Jun 27 · stopped165 days
Waiting for a committeeJan 13 to Jan 174 days
Climate, Energy, and EnvironmentJan 17 to Apr 1487 days
Ways and MeansApr 14 to Jun 27 · stopped74 days
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Apr 14
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 13 – Jun 27
- Jan 13Introduced
- Jan 17Sent to Climate, Energy, and Environment
- Feb 27Heard in Climate, Energy, and Environment
- Apr 8Heard in Climate, Energy, and Environment
- Apr 14Climate, Energy, and Environment recommended it as amended, and that it go to Ways and Means
- Sent to Ways and Means
- Jun 27Died when the session ended
All 7 actions, as published
- Jan 13First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
- Jan 17Referred to Climate, Energy, and Environment with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.House of Representatives
- Feb 27Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
- Apr 8Work Session held.House of Representatives
- Apr 14Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.House of Representatives
- Apr 14Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.House of Representatives
- Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives