---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to low-income electric bill payment assistance; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Changes process by which Public Utility Commission collects moneys from electric companies for purposes related to low-income electric bill payment assistance. Raises amount that may be collected from $15 million to $20 million."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2134"
citation: "Oregon HB 2134 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48c3d8cd-d80d-49b9-9847-2c44d3f3b5e4"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2134"
source_hash: "184b0fe4f126f8d5f8f1ee1395b59e94f8db0b075bbab7a7f72c3d6d9511cfe4"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-or"]
---

# Oregon HB 2134 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to low-income electric bill payment assistance; and prescribing an effective date.

Changes process by which Public Utility Commission collects moneys from electric companies for purposes related to low-income electric bill payment assistance. Raises amount that may be collected from $15 million to $20 million.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2134/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2134/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2134/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2134/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Riley. Passed. — **25–2** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Bentz. Passed. — **56–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18T01:55:48+00:00** Referred to Energy and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-22T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-03-27T23:09:51+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-28T15:42:19+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-29T18:49:42+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 30, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-03-30T18:41:18+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Bentz. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-03T15:38:34+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05T15:57:17+00:00** Referred to Business and Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-15T22:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-22T15:55:50+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-22T18:17:55+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-23T18:48:03+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Riley. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-25T19:27:15+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-26T16:02:57+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-06T19:33:32+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00** Chapter 200, (2017 Laws): Effective date January 2, 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48c3d8cd-d80d-49b9-9847-2c44d3f3b5e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).