Committees · 2023 Regular Session
Climate, 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
Bobby LevyVice-chair
Republican · 58th District
Emerson LevyVice-chair
Democrat · 53rd District
Democrat · 19th District
Democrat · 27th District
Democrat · 54th District
Republican · 2nd District
Republican · 60th District
Democrat · 46th District
Republican · 6th District
Bills
Bills sent to the committee in the 2023 Regular Session.
Bills sent92
5% of the bills the House of Representatives sent to committees
Reported out43%
40 of 92; 52 stopped in committee
Time in committee41 days
most between 20 and 63 days
Amendments offered0
committee amendments
In every session
Each session over its whole term. The 2026 is so far.
202612 bills
reported 75% · too few to say · 0 amendments · 12 members
2025135 bills
reported 41% · typically 51 days, most 34–70 · 0 amendments · 11 members
20249 bills
reported 100% · too few to say · 0 amendments · 10 members
202392 bills
reported 43% · typically 41 days, most 20–63 · 0 amendments · 10 members
Bills it was sent
Each time a bill was sent to the committee in the 2023 Regular Session, newest first.
92 bills
Senate Bill 123 · Directs producer responsibility organization to consider and develop recommendations for use of digital labeling to convey information about recyclability claims and include recommendations in producer responsibility program plan or plan amendment no later than December 31, 2027.
Sent April 13, 2023 · Reported out after 21 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 1012 · Authorizes county to allow homestead rebuilt by same owner on same lot to replace homestead destroyed by September 2020 wildfires to have specially assessed value equal to destroyed homestead's real market value for 2020-2021 property tax year, to extent of square footage of destroyed homestead.
Sent April 13, 2023 · Reported out after 12 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
Senate Bill 543 · Prohibits food vendor from using polystyrene foam container in sales of prepared food.
Sent April 7, 2023 · Reported out after 13 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 644 · Amends requirements relating to wildfire hazard mitigation for development of accessory dwelling units on lands zoned for rural residential use.
Sent April 3, 2023 · Reported out after 17 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
Senate Bill 82 · Establishes certain requirements for insurer that cancels or decides not to renew homeowner insurance policy, or that increases premium, for reason materially related to wildfire risk.
Sent March 23, 2023 · Reported out after 26 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 3597 · Prohibits Department of Environmental Quality from issuing permit or other authorization for construction or expansion of plastic conversion technology facility.
Sent March 16, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 101 days
Senate Bill 545 · Directs Oregon Health Authority to adopt rules allowing restaurants to allow consumers to fill consumer-owned container with food.
Sent March 16, 2023 · Reported out after 33 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 3590 · Directs College of Forestry at Oregon State University, in collaboration with Department of Environmental Quality and State Forestry Department, to research development of fuel pathways for low carbon fuels derived from woody biomass residues from forestry operations.
Sent March 14, 2023 · Reported out after 17 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3579 · Requires Oregon Department of Administrative Services to adopt rules to govern procurements of clean energy technology.
Sent March 10, 2023 · Reported out after 31 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3378 · Permits county to develop and adopt energy resilience plan and incorporate energy resilience plan into county's applicable natural hazard mitigation plan.
Sent March 3, 2023 · Reported out after 38 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3418 · Extends to January 2, 2029, sunset of program for provision of rebate for construction or installation of solar electric system or paired solar and storage system, for residential customer or low-income service provider, on real property in Oregon.
Sent March 3, 2023 · Reported out after 20 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3429 · Establishes Task Force on Containment of Petroleum Contamination.
Sent March 3, 2023 · Reported out after 20 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3459 · Extends sunset for requirement that Public Utility Commission provide, through rates charged to all customers of electric companies, collection of moneys for low-income electric bill payment and crisis assistance.
Sent March 3, 2023 · Reported out after 32 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3464 · Provides, for purposes of certain statutes relating to taking of predatory animals, that term "predatory animal" does not include beavers.
Sent March 3, 2023 · Reported out after 34 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 3483 · Directs Environmental Quality Commission to establish transportation greenhouse gas reduction targets.
Sent March 3, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 114 days
House Bill 3490 · Establishes state policy regarding natural climate solutions.
Sent March 3, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 114 days
House Bill 3521 · Prohibits sale or use of two-cycle gasoline-powered leaf blowers in counties with population greater than 400,000.
Sent March 3, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 114 days
House Bill 3524 · Requires 10 percent of electricity sold in this state by each electric company that makes sales to 25,000 or more retail electricity consumers to be generated by small-scale renewable energy facilities or certain biomass facilities.
Sent March 3, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 114 days
House Bill 3525 · Requires power purchase agreements to permit qualifying facilities to provide energy or energy and capacity to third parties during periods of emergency.
Sent March 3, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 114 days
House Bill 3544 · Removes requirement that State Forestry Department oversee development of statewide map of wildfire risk.
Sent March 3, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 114 days
72 more
House Bill 3273 · Repeals Department of Environmental Quality's dry cleaner environmental program.
Sent February 23, 2023 · Reported out after 15 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 3337 · Prohibits Department of Environmental Quality from imposing effluent limitations or other requirements in seafood processing wastewater permit that are more stringent than requirements established under federal law or that would result in substantial and widespread economic and social impacts on coastal communities.
Sent February 23, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 122 days
House Bill 3229 · Modifies federal operating permit program fees.
Sent February 16, 2023 · Reported out after 41 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 3239 · Requires State Department of Energy to study energy.
Sent February 16, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 129 days
House Bill 3220 · Modifies provisions of electronics recycling program.
Sent February 9, 2023 · Reported out after 36 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 3160 · Modifies period of suspension of proposed utility rate or schedule of rates pending investigation and determination from initial six-month period plus additional three-month period to single nine-month period.
Sent February 2, 2023 · Reported out after 25 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 3161 · Removes requirement that electric company file separate implementation plan for meeting requirements of renewable portfolio standard.
Sent February 2, 2023 · Reported out after 20 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 3166 · Requires State Department of Energy, in consultation with Housing and Community Services Department, to establish whole-home energy savings program and high-efficiency electric home rebate program.
Sent February 2, 2023 · Reported out after 46 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3196 · Authorizes Environmental Quality Commission to establish by rule fee to be paid by community climate investment entities.
Sent February 2, 2023 · Reported out after 55 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3143 · Authorizes public utility, upon approval by Public Utility Commission, to issue bonds and securitize debt for costs and expenses incurred or to be incurred by public utility associated with events subject to federal or state declaration of emergency.
Sent January 30, 2023 · Reported out after 66 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 3152 · Permits Public Utility Commission to institute one or more proceedings to ensure commission's regulations, rules and orders, and programs overseen by commission, align with greenhouse gas emissions reduction requirements and targets established by statute or executive order, do not impede or delay timely and equitable implementation of greenhouse gas emissions reduction requirements and targets, and mitigate energy burden and risks of stranded assets for residential utility customers.
Sent January 30, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 146 days
House Bill 3158 · Imposes excise tax on retail sale of tires, privilege tax for engaging in business of providing nonroad diesel equipment, tax on use in Oregon of nonroad diesel equipment purchased out of state at retail, heavy equipment rental tax on rentals of nonroad diesel equipment, privilege tax on heavy-duty vehicles and license tax on dyed diesel for transfer to Clean Diesel Engine Fund.
Sent January 30, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 146 days
House Bill 3046 · Repeals single-use checkout bag prohibitions.
Sent January 20, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 156 days
House Bill 3047 · Repeals provisions prohibiting food and beverage providers from providing single-use plastic straws to consumers except upon request.
Sent January 20, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 156 days
House Bill 3051 · Requires State Forestry Department to establish Western Oregon Regional Carbon Sink as geographical area and take certain actions regarding area on or before January 1, 2035.
Sent January 20, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 156 days
House Bill 3055 · Requires Public Utility Commission to establish eligibility cap for standard avoided costs rates and contracts for purchase of energy or energy and capacity from qualifying facilities at no less than 10 megawatts.
Sent January 20, 2023 · Reported out after 70 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and not the Senate
House Bill 3056 · Extends Residential Heat Pump Fund until January 2, 2026.
Sent January 20, 2023 · Reported out after 56 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3069 · Establishes Task Force on Offshore Wind.
Sent January 20, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 156 days
House Bill 2301 · Imposes tax on use of electricity to charge battery of electric vehicle at rate equivalent to rate of license tax imposed on first sale, use or distribution of motor vehicle fuel.
Sent January 16, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 160 days
House Bill 2488 · Prohibits insurance company from considering map of wildfire risk when determining insurance rate.
Sent January 16, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 160 days
House Bill 2528 · Creates income or corporate excise tax credit allowed for purchase of commercial-grade battery-powered leaf blowers and related equipment.
Sent January 16, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 160 days
House Bill 2587 · Undoes provisions of Senate Bill 762 (2021). .
Sent January 16, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 160 days
House Bill 2598 · Requires State Forestry Department to study wildfire.
Sent January 16, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 160 days
House Bill 2659 · Requires Land Conservation and Development Commission to update rules adopted in response to Governor's executive order on climate to address specific issues.
Sent January 16, 2023 · Reported out after 11 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 2713 · Provides that Legislative Assembly finds and declares that home rule cities and counties have constitutional authority to prohibit or limit use of fossil fuels in new buildings or installation of fossil fuel infrastructure.
Sent January 16, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 160 days
House Bill 2769 · Requires Department of Environmental Quality to study disposal of electric vehicle batteries.
Sent January 16, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 160 days
House Bill 2770 · Requires Department of Environmental Quality to study impacts of waste from solar or wind renewable energy facilities.
Sent January 16, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 160 days
House Bill 2826 · Establishes Task Force on Renewable Diesel.
Sent January 16, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 160 days
House Bill 2836 · Directs Department of Environmental Quality to develop and maintain grant program to prevent spills at fuel facilities.
Sent January 16, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 160 days
House Bill 2846 · Prohibits Public Utility Commission, municipal electric utilities, electric cooperatives and people's utility districts from setting maximum amount of cumulative generating capacity for solar net metering systems that is allowed to be interconnected.
Sent January 16, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 160 days
House Bill 2858 · Appropriates moneys to Department of Land Conservation and Development for natural hazards mitigation planning.
Sent January 16, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 160 days
House Bill 2863 · Establishes Oregon Desalination Authority.
Sent January 16, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 160 days
House Bill 2867 · Establishes Task Force on Desalination.
Sent January 16, 2023 · Reported out after 72 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 2871 · Prohibits sales of certain products about which recyclability claim has been made.
Sent January 16, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 160 days
House Bill 2940 · Requires state agency or political subdivision of State of Oregon that possesses or controls real property within wildland-urban interface, or adjacent to privately owned real property within wildland-urban interface, to take certain actions to prevent wildfire.
Sent January 16, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 160 days
House Bill 2964 · Directs Department of Environmental Quality to notify Attorney General if air quality index readings for area of state reach 250 or higher during seven consecutive days and cause is believed to be wildfire originating on lands owned by United States.
Sent January 16, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 160 days
House Bill 2969 · Directs Public Utility Commission to require person or municipality that manages, operates, owns or control pipeline facilities for transmission or distribution of hazardous substance or material by pipeline to mail residences within 500 feet of pipeline annual notice with certain information and, in event of pipeline leak, to provide update on efforts to fix pipeline leak and mitigate spillage every 24 hours and, when pipeline leak is fixed, to update on cleanup efforts every seven days.
Sent January 16, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 160 days
House Bill 2970 · Directs Environmental Quality Commission to adopt standards prohibiting engine exhaust and evaporative emissions from new small nonroad engines beginning January 1, 2026, unless a later date is required by federal Clean Air Act.
Sent January 16, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 160 days
House Bill 2985 · Directs State Forestry Department to establish Prescribed Fire Liability Pilot Program and administer program .
Sent January 16, 2023 · Reported out after 60 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 2986 · Directs State Forestry Department to establish Prescribed Fire Capacity Grant Program.
Sent January 16, 2023 · Reported out after 59 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 2989 · Directs State Department of Energy and Department of Land Conservation and Development to convene work group to examine barriers, opportunities and other issues related to renewable energy and transmission project siting in Oregon.
Sent January 16, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 160 days
House Bill 2990 · Directs Department of Human Services to provide grants, support and technical assistance for resilience hubs and networks in Oregon.
Sent January 16, 2023 · Reported out after 72 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 2997 · Requires Public Utility Commission to study energy.
Sent January 16, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 160 days
House Bill 3003 · Creates income or corporate excise tax credit for electric utility that purchases electricity produced using a fuel source that is at least 50 percent qualifying western juniper biomass.
Sent January 16, 2023 · Reported out after 67 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3004 · Creates income or corporate excise tax credit for amount paid by owner of eligible generation facility for transmission services.
Sent January 16, 2023 · Reported out after 78 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3016 · Establishes Community Green Infrastructure Grant Program.
Sent January 16, 2023 · Reported out after 63 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 3020 · Extends property tax exemption to commercial community solar projects first granted exemption for property tax year beginning on or after July 1, 2023.
Sent January 16, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 160 days
House Bill 3022 · Prohibits Environmental Quality Commission and Department of Environmental Quality from adopting or enforcing rules or standards related to motor vehicle fuels or emissions unless authorized by Legislative Assembly by law enacted on or after effective date of Act.
Sent January 16, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 160 days
House Bill 3043 · Revises provisions relating to chemicals in children's products.
Sent January 16, 2023 · Reported out after 63 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2571 · Directs Department of Environmental Quality to establish program for providing rebates to qualifying individuals who purchase electric assisted bicycles .
Sent January 13, 2023 · Reported out after 77 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 2700 · 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 13, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 163 days
House Bill 2702 · Requires person that receives state financial incentive for development of renewable energy generation facility to maintain nameplate capacity of facility for period of at least 25 years.
Sent January 13, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 163 days
House Bill 2714 · Directs Department of Environmental Quality to establish program to provide rebates to persons that purchase or lease qualifying medium or heavy duty zero-emission vehicles.
Sent January 13, 2023 · Reported out after 83 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 2718 · Establishes grant program within State Department of Energy to provide grants to fund replacement of generators that use diesel or fossil fuels with renewable hydrogen-fueled generators.
Sent January 13, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 163 days
House Bill 2720 · Directs Department of Transportation to establish grant program for fuel cell electric vehicle and hydrogen fueling demonstration projects.
Sent January 13, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 163 days
House Bill 2614 · Requires transportation network companies to meet or exceed specified targets for percentage of service miles provided by zero-emission vehicles.
Sent January 12, 2023 · Reported out after 88 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 2816 · Requires person who owns, operates or controls high energy use facility to ensure that greenhouse gas emissions associated with electricity used by high energy use facility are reduced to 60 percent below baseline emissions levels by 2027, 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 January 12, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 164 days
House Bill 2817 · Clarifies area of leg to which definition of "podiatry" applies.
Sent January 12, 2023 · Reported out after 15 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2819 · Permits vehicle dealer to issue temporary registration permits for motor vehicles that do not have proof of compliance with pollution control equipment requirements.
Sent January 12, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 164 days
House Bill 2170 · Requires State Department of Energy to study feasibility of establishing renewable hydrogen hub at Oregon International Port of Coos Bay.
Sent January 11, 2023 · Reported out after 89 days · did not pass the House of Representatives
House Bill 2190 · Establishes state policy that benefits from offshore wind energy development go to local and regional communities, ecosystems and environments and economies and that interconnection of offshore energy projects be carried out in manner that promotes electric grid reliability and resilience.
Sent January 11, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 165 days
House Bill 2195 · Prohibits municipality that administers and enforces building inspection program from adopting construction standards or methods from Reach Code, or similar or related code of standards and methods, that exceed or are more stringent than statewide standards and methods Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services adopts and administers.
Sent January 11, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 165 days
House Bill 2198 · Requires Public Utility Commission to investigate status of renewable projects in Oregon, including project failures.
Sent January 11, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 165 days
House Bill 2215 · Removes requirement that adequate repository for terminal disposition of high-level radioactive waste be licensed as precondition for issuance of site certificate for nuclear-fueled thermal power plant.
Sent January 11, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 165 days
House Bill 2216 · Requires Public Utility Commission to study rate impacts associated with implementing reduction of greenhouse gas emissions required by House Bill 2021 (2021).
Sent January 11, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 165 days
House Bill 2396 · Directs Environmental Quality Commission to establish and implement indirect source review program.
Sent January 11, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 165 days
House Bill 2450 · Provides that small forestland owner or owner's estate, heirs or devisees, that planted trees under reforestation requirements may harvest trees.
Sent January 11, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 165 days
House Bill 2529 · Requires State Department of Agriculture, in consultation with State Department of Energy, to study use of biomass as feedstock for production of renewable diesel.
Sent January 11, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 165 days
House Bill 2530 · Directs State Department of Energy to, where appropriate, seek and apply for federal funds, and support other applications for federal funds, to be used to support development and deployment of renewable hydrogen and green electrolytic hydrogen.
Sent January 11, 2023 · Reported out after 58 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2531 · Prohibits sale or distribution in this state of new screw- or bayonet-base type compact fluorescent lamps on or after January 1, 2024.
Sent January 11, 2023 · Reported out after 55 days · then passed the House of Representatives, and became law
House Bill 2533 · Requires State Department of Energy to study avoided costs paid to qualifying facilities under federal Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act with costs incurred by investor-owned utilities to acquire or maintain renewable energy generation facilities.
Sent January 11, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 165 days
House Bill 2534 · Requires State Department of Energy to develop comprehensive state energy strategy that identifies optimized pathways to achieving state's energy policy objectives.
Sent January 11, 2023 · Reported out after 61 days · did not pass the House of Representatives