Committees · 2023 Regular Session
Energy and Environment
Members
As the committee stood at the end of the term. Each name leads to the member's page.
Janeen SollmanChair
Democrat · 15th District
Lynn FindleyVice-chair
Republican · 30th District
Democrat · 3rd District
Republican · 6th District
Democrat · 14th District
Bills
Bills sent to the committee in the 2023 Regular Session.
Bills sent72
5% of the bills the Senate sent to committees
Reported out49%
35 of 72; 37 stopped in committee
Time in committee62 days
most between 42 and 80 days
Amendments offered0
committee amendments
In every session
Each session over its whole term. The 2026 is so far.
202612 bills
reported 83% · typically 8 days, most 8–16 · 0 amendments · 5 members
202588 bills
reported 42% · typically 44 days, most 36–66 · 0 amendments · 5 members
20248 bills
reported 63% · too few to say · 0 amendments · 5 members
202372 bills
reported 49% · typically 62 days, most 42–80 · 0 amendments · 5 members
20227 bills
reported 100% · too few to say · 0 amendments · 5 members
202167 bills
reported 52% · typically 44 days, most 35–65 · 0 amendments · 5 members
Bills it was sent
Each time a bill was sent to the committee in the 2023 Regular Session, newest first.
72 bills
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 April 19, 2023 · Reported out after 23 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 3179 · Modifies definition of "renewable energy facility" for purposes of county permitting process for solar photovoltaic power generation facility.
Sent April 19, 2023 · Reported out after 47 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
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 April 11, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 75 days
House Bill 2426 · Authorizes self-service dispensing of Class 1 flammable liquids at retail dispensary.
Sent March 27, 2023 · Reported out after 80 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 3043 · Revises provisions relating to chemicals in children's products.
Sent March 27, 2023 · Reported out after 46 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 3220 · Modifies provisions of electronics recycling program.
Sent March 24, 2023 · Reported out after 83 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
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 March 20, 2023 · Reported out after 42 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 3273 · Repeals Department of Environmental Quality's dry cleaner environmental program.
Sent March 20, 2023 · Reported out after 43 days · then passed the Senate, 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 March 14, 2023 · Reported out after 48 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 1081 · Authorizes city within Marion County to control or direct disposal, transfer or material or energy recovery of solid waste.
Sent March 14, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 103 days
Senate Bill 1083 · Exempts hybrid motor vehicles and motor vehicles with model years that predate by six years or less date of registration or renewal of registration from requirement to be equipped with certified pollution control system.
Sent March 14, 2023 · Reported out after 13 days · did not pass the Senate
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 March 9, 2023 · Reported out after 34 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 3161 · Removes requirement that electric company file separate implementation plan for meeting requirements of renewable portfolio standard.
Sent March 9, 2023 · Reported out after 34 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 1001 · Requires Department of Environmental Quality to study perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
Sent February 24, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 121 days
Senate Bill 1015 · Allows taxpayer to fully depreciate, over two tax years, property that shows demonstrable reduction in carbon emissions.
Sent February 24, 2023 · Reported out after 34 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 1025 · 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 24, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 121 days
Senate Bill 1036 · Requires State Department of Energy to study energy efficiency.
Sent February 24, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 121 days
Senate Bill 958 · Requires State of Oregon to contribute 50 percent match for every private donation of $10,000 or more made to Oregon State University Foundation for express purpose of supporting agricultural research with emphasis on cereal grains, to extent moneys are available.
Sent February 23, 2023 · Reported out after 11 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 959 · Requires State Department of Energy to study energy facilities.
Sent February 23, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 122 days
Senate Bill 960 · Requires Oregon Business Development Department, in consultation with State Treasurer, to study funding and incentive opportunities for state energy industry.
Sent February 23, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 122 days
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Senate Bill 961 · Requires State Department of Energy to study policies for supporting development of renewable hydrogen industry in Oregon.
Sent February 23, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 122 days
Senate Bill 980 · Requires State Department of Energy to study renewable energy.
Sent February 23, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 122 days
Senate Bill 868 · Requires designated state agency in carrying out program related to promotion, implementation, incentivization or regulation of energy efficiency in buildings to align, improve and prioritize certain actions to aid in achieving greenhouse gas emission reduction goals.
Sent February 9, 2023 · Reported out after 62 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 869 · Directs Department of Consumer and Business Services to exercise any and all authority and discretion department has under applicable law to facilitate greenhouse gas emission reductions consistent with statewide goals, to take such actions as are necessary to accelerate reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, including rulemaking, and to consider and integrate into department's planning, budgeting, investment and policy-making decisions prevention or reduction of impacts from climate change.
Sent February 9, 2023 · Reported out after 62 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 870 · Requires State Department of Energy in consultation with Department of Consumer and Business Services to specify energy performance standard for covered commercial buildings that seeks to maximize reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, includes energy use intensity targets that apply to specific types of buildings and that provides for methods to achieve conditional compliance.
Sent February 9, 2023 · Reported out after 62 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 871 · Specifies requirements for energy savings performance contract and provides that contracting agency may solicit and award energy savings performance contract without competitive process and without requirement to issue request for proposals but may award energy savings performance contract only to qualified energy service company.
Sent February 9, 2023 · Reported out after 62 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 852 · Directs State Department of Energy to establish program to provide assistance related to energy projects and activities to environmental justice communities.
Sent February 3, 2023 · Reported out after 34 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 802 · 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 February 2, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 143 days
Senate Bill 831 · 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 February 2, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 143 days
Senate Bill 832 · Removes small modular reactor power plants from regulation of energy facilities by Energy Facility Siting Council.
Sent February 2, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 143 days
Senate Bill 833 · Requires Oregon State University to study use of thorium as nuclear fuel in nuclear power plant.
Sent February 2, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 143 days
Senate Bill 834 · Prohibits local governments from prohibiting or limiting residential use of energy sources.
Sent February 2, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 143 days
Senate Bill 803 · Directs Department of Environmental Quality, in consultation with other state agencies, to study feasibility of phasing out fossil diesel fuels with high carbon intensity and examine impacts of requiring carbon intensity value of 60 grams of carbon dioxide equivalent per megajoule or less for onroad diesel fuel.
Sent February 1, 2023 · Reported out after 70 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 788 · Requires Public Utility Commission to study commission's processes.
Sent January 25, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 151 days
Senate Bill 139 · Creates sunset for rural renewable energy development zone exemption.
Sent January 15, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 161 days
Senate Bill 145 · Creates sunset of tax exemption for property of certain cooperatives used to heat water by combustion of biomass.
Sent January 15, 2023 · Reported out after 68 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 630 · Authorizes issuance of lottery bonds and transfer of net proceeds to Oregon Business Development Department.
Sent January 15, 2023 · Reported out after 68 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 405 · Prohibits sale of new clothes washers unless washers are equipped with built-in or in-line microfiber filtration system.
Sent January 14, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 162 days
Senate Bill 440 · Directs Department of Transportation to establish intensive planting pilot program to plant trees and vegetation in highway right of way for purpose of sequestering carbon.
Sent January 14, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 162 days
Senate Bill 443 · Requires electric companies to reimburse qualified customers up to $250 for purchase price of backup power source when power shutoff is likely to occur and power shutoff will likely last for eight or more hours.
Sent January 14, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 162 days
Senate Bill 444 · Directs Department of Environmental Quality to establish Recycling Innovators Grant Program.
Sent January 14, 2023 · Reported out after 69 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 504 · Requires State Department of Energy to study incentives for net metering and community solar projects.
Sent January 14, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 162 days
Senate Bill 522 · Changes name of "Oregon Global Warming Commission" to "Oregon Climate Action Commission." Modifies membership and duties of commission.
Sent January 14, 2023 · Reported out after 88 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 525 · 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 14, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 162 days
Senate Bill 647 · Prevents local governments from prohibiting natural gas use in or availability for new or existing residential or commercial buildings.
Sent January 14, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 162 days
Senate Bill 54 · Removes provisions of property tax exemption for community solar projects that restrict exemption to proportion owned by residential customers or leased by residential subscribers.
Sent January 13, 2023 · Reported out after 66 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 64 · Requires Department of Environmental Quality to study disposal of electric vehicle batteries and batteries used to store energy in wind or solar renewable energy facilities.
Sent January 13, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 163 days
Senate Bill 251 · Creates income tax credit for energy production in Oregon.
Sent January 13, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 163 days
Senate Bill 488 · Requires owner or operator of municipal solid waste incinerator to develop plan for continuous monitoring or sampling of specified emissions for 12 consecutive months.
Sent January 13, 2023 · Reported out after 89 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 494 · Directs Department of Environmental Quality to conduct long-term study of cumulative impacts of air contaminants in areas surrounding municipal solid waste incinerators.
Sent January 13, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 163 days
Senate Bill 546 · Requires Oregon Health Authority to adopt and maintain list of designated high priority chemicals of concern used in cosmetic products and to periodically review and revise list.
Sent January 13, 2023 · Reported out after 82 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 582 · Requires state agency that authorizes or funds, in whole or in part, installation of electric vehicle charging system located on customer's side of meter to require installing contractor or contractors to hold all legally required licenses and Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program or equivalent training program certification, and one or more electricians who hold Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Training Program or equivalent training program certification to supervise or participate in installation.
Sent January 13, 2023 · Reported out after 80 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 588 · Directs Department of State Lands, in collaboration with State Marine Board, Department of Environmental Quality, Oregon State Police, Oregon State Sheriffs' Association and representative of local agency that delivers social services, to study issues related to removal and disposal of abandoned and derelict marine vessels in this state and to report results of study to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to natural resources no later than September 15, 2024.
Sent January 13, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 163 days
Senate Bill 676 · 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 13, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 163 days
Senate Bill 678 · Establishes state policy that meaningful share of 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 13, 2023 · Reported out after 81 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 681 · Requires Public Utility Commission to study rate impacts associated with implementing reduction of greenhouse gas emissions required by House Bill 2021 (2021).
Sent January 13, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 163 days
Senate Bill 691 · Requires Water Resources Department to study legal implications of recent Oregon Supreme Court case for water rights of certain hydroelectric projects.
Sent January 13, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 163 days
Senate Bill 721 · Removes prohibition on Energy Facility Siting Council issuing site certificate for new generating facility that would produce energy from natural gas and emit greenhouse gas.
Sent January 13, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 163 days
Senate Bill 724 · Declares that policy of state is to include atmospheric carbon sequestered by lands and waters of state in calculation to determine progress towards greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals.
Sent January 13, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 163 days
Senate Bill 13 · Exempts certain commercial buses from prohibition on titling and registering vehicles powered by certain model year diesel engines to owners located in Multnomah, Clackamas or Washington County.
Sent January 12, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 164 days
Senate Bill 15 · Requires Public Utility Commission to study leasing or acquiring right of way for generation, transmission or distribution of electricity generated using solar energy.
Sent January 12, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 164 days
Senate Bill 20 · Requires Public Utility Commission to study feasibility of converting Portland General Electric into a people's utility district.
Sent January 12, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 164 days
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 January 12, 2023 · Reported out after 81 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 124 · 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 12, 2023 · Reported out after 67 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 125 · Directs Department of Transportation to establish grant program for demonstration projects that demonstrate use of fueling stations for green electrolytic hydrogen and renewable hydrogen and dispensing to medium-duty or heavy-duty fuel cell electric vehicles.
Sent January 12, 2023 · Reported out after 67 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 126 · Requires State Department of Energy to work with stakeholders to identify areas of inquiry regarding energy and energy use in this state, develop research options and convene advisory group to develop recommendations and benchmarks around energy and energy use in this state.
Sent January 12, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 164 days
Senate Bill 199 · Authorizes State Fish and Wildlife Commission to establish by rule requirements or prohibitions concerning angling, taking, hunting, trapping or possessing of wildlife defined as predatory animal.
Sent January 12, 2023 · Reported out after 14 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 542 · Requires original equipment manufacturer to make available to owner of consumer electronic equipment or independent repair provider on fair and reasonable terms any documentation, tool, part or other device or implement that original equipment manufacturer makes available to authorized service provider for purpose of diagnosing, maintaining or repairing consumer electronic equipment.
Sent January 12, 2023 · Reported out after 97 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 543 · Prohibits food vendor from using polystyrene foam container in sales of prepared food.
Sent January 12, 2023 · Reported out after 71 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 544 · Directs Environmental Quality Commission to establish program for source reduction of single-use plastic food ware and single-use packaging and achieve 25 percent source reductions compared to 2023 levels by 2030.
Sent January 12, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 164 days
Senate Bill 545 · Directs Oregon Health Authority to adopt rules allowing restaurants to allow consumers to fill consumer-owned container with food.
Sent January 12, 2023 · Reported out after 57 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 580 · Requires Land Conservation and Development Commission to amend statewide planning goals to address equity, engagement with underserved populations and climate change.
Sent January 11, 2023 · Stopped in committee after 165 days