l9n/ Oregon

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 3597

Authorizes the Department of Environmental Quality to reduce the amount of rebates available under zero-emission vehicle rebate programs, subject to certain conditions.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Transportation Committee on June 27, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

<b>Digest: This Act makes changes to ZEV rebate programs. (Flesch Readability Score: 82.3).</b> [<i>Digest: This Act requires the DEQ to study and make a report on electric vehicles. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7).</i>] [<i>Requires the Department of Environmental Quality to study electric vehicles. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the environment not later than September 15, 2026.</i>] [<i>Sunsets on January 2, 2027.</i>] <b>Authorizes the Department of Environmental Quality to reduce the amount of rebates available under zero-emission vehicle rebate programs, subject to certain conditions. Expands eligibility for the charge ahead rebate. Requires the department to allocate additional moneys from the Zero-Emission Incentive Fund to education and outreach each biennium, unless the balance of the fund is below a certain threshold. <b>Declares an emergency, effective on passage.</b>

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

Its course

February 18 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 action6 actions on 5 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 18 to Jun 27 · stopped129 days

Waiting for a committeeFeb 18 to Feb 202 days

Climate, Energy, and EnvironmentFeb 20 to Apr 1554 days

TransportationApr 15 to Jun 27 · stopped73 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 Feb 18 – Jun 27

  1. Feb 18Introduced
  2. Feb 20Sent to Climate, Energy, and Environment
  3. Apr 8Heard in Climate, Energy, and Environment
  4. Apr 15Climate, Energy, and Environment reported it without a recommendation, and that it go to Transportation
  5. Sent to Transportation
  6. Jun 27Died when the session ended
All 6 actions, as published
  1. Feb 18First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
  2. Feb 20Referred to Climate, Energy, and Environment.House of Representatives
  3. Apr 8Public Hearing and Work Session held.House of Representatives
  4. Apr 15Without recommendation as to passage, with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Transportation, then Ways and Means.House of Representatives
  5. Apr 15Referred to Transportation then to Ways and Means by order of the Speaker.House of Representatives
  6. Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives