l9n/ Oregon

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 3966

Requires a solar energy contractor or person that installs a solar energy system to have a license appropriate for the scope of work the solar energy contractor or person will perform.

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

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Digest: Says what a person must tell a resident before selling or leasing a solar energy system to the resident. Says what must be in a contract for a sale or lease of a solar energy system. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.0). Requires a solar energy contractor or person that installs a solar energy system to have a license appropriate for the scope of work the solar energy contractor or person will perform. Specifies disclosures required in purchase agreements, lease agreements and power purchase agreements related to solar energy systems. Specifies elements and provisions that an installation contract for a solar energy system must have. Prohibits deceptive statements concerning the provisions of an installation contract. Punishes a violation or a failure to comply with the provisions of the Act as an unlawful practice under the Unlawful Trade Practices Act.

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

April 17 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 action3 actions on 3 days

In the House of RepresentativesApr 17 to Jun 27 · stopped71 days

Waiting for a committeeApr 17 to Apr 236 days

Climate, Energy, and EnvironmentApr 23 to Jun 27 · stopped65 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 Apr 17 – Jun 27

  1. Introduced
  2. Sent to Climate, Energy, and Environment
  3. Died when the session ended
All 3 actions, as published