Committees · 2021 Regular Session
Energy and Environment
Members
As the committee stood at the end of the term. Each name leads to the member's page.
Pam MarshChair
Democrat · 5th District
Ken HelmVice-chair
Democrat · 34th District
David Brock SmithVice-chair
Republican · 1st District
Republican · 19th District
Republican · 60th District
Democrat · 46th District
Democrat · 47th District
Bills
Bills sent to the committee in the 2021 Regular Session.
Bills sent72
4% of the bills the House of Representatives sent to committees
Reported out36%
26 of 72; 46 stopped in committee
Time in committee50 days
most between 44 and 79 days
Amendments offered0
committee amendments
In every session
Each session over its whole term.
202172 bills
reported 36% · typically 50 days, most 44–79 · 0 amendments · 7 members
202011 bills
reported 64% · too few to say · 0 amendments · 9 members
201976 bills
reported 46% · typically 46 days, most 32–68 · 0 amendments · 9 members
20186 bills
reported 100% · too few to say · 0 amendments · 9 members
2017114 bills
reported 46% · typically 56 days, most 39–80 · 0 amendments · 9 members
20168 bills
reported 50% · too few to say · 0 amendments · 9 members
201587 bills
reported 47% · typically 49 days, most 35–64 · 0 amendments · 9 members
20149 bills
reported 56% · too few to say · 0 amendments · 10 members
2013117 bills
reported 34% · typically 38 days, most 17–56 · 0 amendments · 9 members
200786 bills
reported 57% · typically 37 days, most 27–56 · 0 amendments · 7 members
Bills it was sent
Each time a bill was sent to the committee in the 2021 Regular Session, newest first.
72 bills
Senate Bill 333 · Directs State Department of Energy to conduct study of benefits of, and barriers to, renewable hydrogen production and use in Oregon and report results to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to revenue no later than September 15, 2022.
Sent April 12, 2021 · Reported out after 24 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 589 · Requires State Department of Energy to prepare report identifying benefits, opportunities and challenges posed by development or expansion of regional transmission organization in this state.
Sent April 12, 2021 · Reported out after 24 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 117 · Authorizes Public Utility Commission to set by rule certain civil penalty amounts, not to exceed civil penalties set by applicable federal law.
Sent March 22, 2021 · Reported out after 45 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 246 · Modifies definition of "radioactive waste" for purposes of regulation by State Department of Energy.
Sent March 22, 2021 · Reported out after 45 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 314 · Authorizes Public Utility Commission to allow electric companies to recover costs from retail electricity consumers for prudent infrastructure measures to support transportation electrification if certain criteria are met.
Sent March 22, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 96 days
House Bill 3375 · Establishes goal of planning for development of up to three gigawatts of floating offshore wind energy projects within federal waters off Oregon Coast by 2030.
Sent March 18, 2021 · Reported out after 29 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 3372 · Authorizes Department of Environmental Quality to require certain information related to history of compliance with environmental quality laws from applicant for license or permit.
Sent March 16, 2021 · Reported out after 25 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 3319 · Directs State Department of Energy, in consultation with Department of Land Conservation and Development, to study light pollution and provide results of study in report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2022.
Sent March 9, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 109 days
House Bill 3348 · Increases to three percent of historic single-hour peak load the cumulative amount of generating capacity from certain net metering facilities below which public utilities', municipal electric utilities', electric cooperatives' and people's utility districts' obligations to offer net metering to new customer-generators may not be limited.
Sent March 9, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 109 days
House Bill 2021 · Requires retail electricity providers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with electricity sold to Oregon consumers to 80 percent below baseline emissions levels by 2030, 90 percent below baseline emissions levels by 2035 and 100 percent below baseline emissions levels by 2040.
Sent March 2, 2021 · Reported out after 44 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 3181 · Requires Oregon Utility Notification Center to adopt rules requiring paint used for marking underground facilities to be temporary marking paint or other industry-accepted low-impact marking and requiring operators to remove markings that continue to be visible on private property after reasonable period has passed since excavation is complete.
Sent March 2, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 116 days
House Bill 3269 · Directs Department of Environmental Quality to study and develop strategies to fund department's emergency response program.
Sent March 2, 2021 · Reported out after 39 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3271 · Establishes carpet stewardship program.
Sent March 2, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 116 days
House Bill 3278 · Directs State Department of Agriculture, in partnership with Oregon State University, to study potential for developing commercial seaweed production to produce feed for livestock as means to reduce methane emissions.
Sent March 2, 2021 · Reported out after 45 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3180 · Modifies and adds laws related to utilities.
Sent February 12, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 134 days
House Bill 3141 · Reduces public purpose charge for retail electricity consumers within service areas of electric companies and Oregon Community Power.
Sent February 9, 2021 · Reported out after 42 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 3100 · Increases number of beverage containers returned by any one person during one day that dealer that occupies a space of 5,000 or more square feet must accept and pay refund value for.
Sent February 3, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 143 days
House Bill 3106 · Provides that, for purposes of electric companies' planning and pursuit of energy efficiency resources, energy efficiency programs include programs for assisting retail electricity consumers with replacing building heating, appliances and other technologies powered by any energy source with higher-efficiency electric heating, appliances and other technologies.
Sent February 3, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 143 days
House Bill 3068 · Directs Department of Environmental Quality to study air pollution episodes and provide results of study in report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2022.
Sent January 28, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 149 days
House Bill 2955 · Establishes product stewardship program for household hazardous waste.
Sent January 26, 2021 · Reported out after 64 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
52 more
House Bill 2995 · Requires 100 percent of electricity sold in 2035 and each subsequent calendar year to retail electricity consumers to be clean electricity.
Sent January 26, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 151 days
House Bill 3023 · Prohibits sale or use of two-cycle gasoline-powered leaf blowers in counties with population greater than 400,000.
Sent January 26, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 151 days
House Bill 3027 · Prohibits certain products that use or contain hydrofluorocarbons from entering into commerce in Oregon if product was manufactured after specified date.
Sent January 26, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 151 days
House Bill 2062 · Establishes energy efficiency standards for certain appliances sold or offered for sale in this state.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Reported out after 55 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2063 · Removes requirement that person seeking exemption from requirement to obtain site certificate for standby generation facility request exemption from Energy Facility Siting Council.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Reported out after 55 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2065 · Requires producers of covered products to join producer responsibility organization unless exempt.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 158 days
House Bill 2109 · Modifies definition of "renewable energy facility" for purposes of county permitting process for certain energy facilities.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Reported out after 55 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2143 · Changes annual fees for all power claimants to match annual fees for other hydroelectric projects.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Reported out after 86 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2165 · Requires electric companies that make sales of electricity to 25,000 or more retail electricity consumers in this state to collect amount from all retail electricity consumers, to be expended to support transportation electrification pursuant to plan accepted by Public Utility Commission.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Reported out after 50 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2179 · Modifies zero-emission and electric vehicle rebate programs to allow rebate for purchase or lease of electric farm tractor or repowering of farm tractor.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 158 days
House Bill 2180 · Requires Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services to amend state building code to require that new construction of certain buildings include provisions for electrical service capacity for specified percentage of parking spaces.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Reported out after 50 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2183 · Directs Environmental Quality Commission to establish list of vehicles most likely to fail test of pollution control equipment.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 158 days
House Bill 2185 · Requires diesel fuel that retail dealers, nonretail dealers and wholesale dealers sell or offer for sale in this state to contain at least five percent biodiesel during period that begins on October 2 of each year and ends on March 31 of following year and to contain at least 20 percent biodiesel during period that begins on April 1 and ends on October 1 of each year.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 158 days
House Bill 2186 · Establishes requirements for product stewardship program for solar photovoltaic energy systems.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 158 days
House Bill 2187 · Requires electric companies to expend any revenues from participation as credit aggregator or credit generator in clean fuels program on transportation electrification.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 158 days
House Bill 2188 · Requires electric companies and consumer-owned utilities to transfer no less than 20 percent of revenue from monetization of clean fuels credits to Public Purpose Fund Administrator.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 158 days
House Bill 2189 · Directs Public Utility Commission to conduct study related to renewable energy and to provide results of study in report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to energy no later than September 15, 2021.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 158 days
House Bill 2190 · Directs State Department of Energy to convene work group to develop program awarding grants for community energy resilience projects and implement program no later than January 1, 2023.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 158 days
House Bill 2240 · Prohibits cities from assessing off-site storm water charges against federal facilities under certain circumstances.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 158 days
House Bill 2241 · Requires Department of Environmental Quality to approve at least three businesses to provide water quality permit application review services.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 158 days
House Bill 2291 · Requires Public Utility Commission to identify and compile projected percentages of electricity sold by each electric company to retail electricity consumers in 2025, 2030 and 2035 that will be qualifying electricity, and provide information in report to appropriate interim committees of the Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2021.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 158 days
House Bill 2332 · Repeals provisions requiring that before issuing site certificate for nuclear-fueled thermal power plant, Energy Facility Siting Council must find that repository for disposal of waste produced by plant is licensed to operate by federal government.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 158 days
House Bill 2365 · Prohibits food vendor from using single-use plastic food service ware when selling, serving or dispensing prepared food to consumer.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 158 days
House Bill 2383 · Prohibits sale of products that make deceptive or misleading claims about recyclability.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 158 days
House Bill 2395 · Modifies definition of "recycled paper checkout bag" to include bags that contain nonwood renewable fiber for purposes of single-use checkout bag prohibition.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Reported out after 48 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2398 · Adds Reach Code to state building code as specialty code and gives power of administration and interpretation of Reach Code to Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Reported out after 87 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 2448 · Extends sunset of program under which property constituting solar project may be exempt and instead pay fee in lieu of property taxes.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 158 days
House Bill 2475 · Authorizes Public Utility Commission to consider differential energy burden and other inequities of affordability in rates.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Reported out after 49 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2476 · Authorizes Public Utility Commission to allow electric companies to recover costs from retail electricity consumers for prudent infrastructure measures to support transportation electrification if certain criteria are met.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 158 days
House Bill 2477 · Makes program for payment of fee in lieu of property taxes imposed on property constituting solar project permanent.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 158 days
House Bill 2479 · Modifies definition of "global warming" to include certain aerosol air contaminants, including black carbon.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Reported out after 79 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 2488 · Requires that statewide land use planning goal relating to citizen involvement address participation and engagement for disadvantaged groups.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Reported out after 86 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 2490 · Authorizes Public Utility Commission to consider differential energy burden and other inequities of affordability in rates.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 158 days
House Bill 2495 · Revises provisions relating to chemicals in children's products.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Reported out after 85 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 2520 · Requires Land Conservation and Development Commission to adopt rules no later than July 1, 2022, by which county may justify exception to statewide land use planning goals for development of renewable energy facilities .
Sent January 19, 2021 · Reported out after 87 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 2535 · Exempts from ad valorem property taxation property constituting hydrogen system used to produce hydrogen by electrolysis or from renewable natural gas.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 158 days
House Bill 2592 · Requires producers to form or join extended producer responsibility programs for packaging, food serviceware and printing and writing paper.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 158 days
House Bill 2603 · Requires owners or operators of undersea cables to obtain financial assurances for installation and removal of cable and create plan for removal of cable.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Reported out after 79 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2617 · Prohibits food vendor from using polystyrene container in selling, offering for sale, serving or dispensing prepared food to public.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 158 days
House Bill 2618 · Directs Department of Environmental Quality to study methods for disposal of sharps waste and provide results of study in report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2022.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 158 days
House Bill 2653 · Directs Environmental Quality Commission to adopt rules authorizing single-family dwelling and accessory dwelling unit constructed on same lot or parcel to be permanently connected to same subsurface sewage disposal system or alternative sewage disposal system.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 158 days
House Bill 2657 · Requires Department of Environmental Quality to approve or disapprove application for permit within 60 days of receipt or according to timeline established by Environmental Quality Commission for permits that require public participation.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 158 days
House Bill 2660 · Requires Department of Environmental Quality to create list of charges for permits, licenses, authorizations or services provided by the department.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 158 days
House Bill 2674 · Directs Department of Environmental Quality to study impacts of engine emissions on environment and provide results of study in report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2022.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 158 days
House Bill 2688 · Requires Department of Transportation to establish pilot program to assess how products that department or contractor for department procures affect emissions of carbon dioxide.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 158 days
House Bill 2692 · Exempts issuance of site certificate for small modular reactors from requirement that proposal by Energy Facility Siting Council to issue site certificate for nuclear-fueled thermal power plant must be approved by voters.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 158 days
House Bill 2811 · Prohibits government body from issuing permit for construction, expansion or modification of chemical recycling facility.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 158 days
House Bill 2814 · Directs Department of Environmental Quality to study approaches to reducing diesel engine emissions attributable to indirect sources of air contamination and submit report to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to environment no later than September 15, 2022.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Reported out after 87 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 2815 · Prohibits sale of products that make deceptive or misleading claims about recyclability.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 158 days
House Bill 2831 · Modifies definition of radioactive waste for purposes of regulation by State Department of Energy.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 158 days
House Bill 2889 · Direct State Department of Energy to study laws related to energy incentives and provide results to interim committees of Legislative Assembly no later than September 15, 2022.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 158 days
House Bill 2911 · Establishes Bottle Bill Task Force.
Sent January 19, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 158 days