l9n/ Oregon

2026 Regular Session

House Bill 4046

Directs the State Department of Energy, subject to the availability of funding, to conduct a study on nuclear energy, including advanced nuclear reactors.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ways and Means Committee on March 6, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Digest: Tells ODOE to study nuclear energy and make a report on its findings. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4). Directs the State Department of Energy, subject to the availability of funding, to conduct a study on nuclear energy, including advanced nuclear reactors. Directs the department to engage with tribal governments, consult with certain [<i>state agencies and</i>] organizations and utilize moneys from federal, private and other public sources to carry out the study. <b>Requires the department to report and make public information on the sources of moneys or assistance and amounts of moneys that the department receives to carry out this Act, anticipated uses of those moneys or assistance and any potential conflicts of interest.</b> Directs the department to submit the report to the interim committees or committees of the Legislative Assembly related to energy <b>not later than one year after the date the department receives the moneys or assistance necessary to complete the study. Directs the department to provide an update on the department's progress in carrying out this Act to the interim committees or committees of the Legislative Assembly related to energy</b> not later than February 15, 2027. Establishes the Nuclear Energy Study Fund. Sunsets January 2, [<i>2028</i>]<b> 2030</b>. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

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

7 co-sponsors

Paul Evans, Ken Helm, E. Werner Reschke, Alek Skarlatos, Mark Owens, Mark Gamba, Jami Cate

In the Senate

4 co-sponsors

Mark Meek, Janeen Sollman, Kim Thatcher, Suzanne Weber

Its course

February 2 to March 6, 2026, 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 5 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 2 to Mar 6 · stopped32 days

Waiting for a committeeFeb 2 to Feb 20 days

Climate, Energy, and EnvironmentFeb 2 to Feb 1715 days

Ways and MeansFeb 17 to Mar 6 · stopped17 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 17

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 2 – Mar 6

  1. Feb 2Introduced
  2. Sent to Climate, Energy, and Environment
  3. Feb 10Heard in Climate, Energy, and Environment
  4. Feb 12Heard in Climate, Energy, and Environment
  5. Feb 17Climate, Energy, and Environment recommended it as amended, and that it go to Ways and Means
  6. Sent to Ways and Means
  7. Mar 6Died when the session ended
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Feb 2First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.House of Representatives
  2. Feb 2Referred to Climate, Energy, and Environment with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.House of Representatives
  3. Feb 10Public Hearing held.House of Representatives
  4. Feb 12Work Session held.House of Representatives
  5. Feb 17Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.House of Representatives
  6. Feb 17Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.House of Representatives
  7. Mar 6In committee upon adjournment.House of Representatives