Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Transportation Committee on June 27, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 886
Directs the Department of Transportation or county authorities to prioritize applications for renewable energy facilities and lines, facilities or systems for transmitting electricity from renewable energy facilities when reviewing or granting applications to place, build or construct on the right of way of a state highway or county road.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Digest: The Act tells ODOT that it should focus on asks to build power lines or other systems on roads when those asks are from places where energy is made from sources that can be replaced, like sunlight, wind or water. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.4). Directs the Department of Transportation or county authorities to prioritize applications for renewable energy facilities and lines, facilities or systems for transmitting electricity from renewable energy facilities when reviewing or granting applications to place, build or construct on the right of way of a state highway or county road.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 21 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 2 days
In the SenateJan 21 to Jun 27 · stopped157 days
Waiting for a committeeJan 21 to Jan 210 days
TransportationJan 21 to Jun 27 · stopped157 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 Senate Jan 21 – Jun 27
- Jan 21Introduced
- Sent to Transportation
- Jun 27Died when the session ended
All 3 actions, as published
- Jan 21Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
- Jan 21Referred to Transportation, then Ways and Means.Senate
- Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.Senate