---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to electric vehicle charging stations; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Authorizes residential tenant to install on premises and use electric vehicle charging station for personal, noncommercial use."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2511"
citation: "Oregon HB 2511 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Phil Barnhart"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-28T20:55:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d3ad546-af35-4041-9980-e9d84532cb45"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2511"
source_hash: "9d6e6358b7b44b7873fac68e78619d4395aeb7707354959914d57148660cc9b7"
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 2511 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to electric vehicle charging stations; and declaring an emergency.

Authorizes residential tenant to install on premises and use electric vehicle charging station for personal, noncommercial use.

## 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/HB2511/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2511/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2511/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2511/B-Engrossed)
5. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2511/Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2511/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Barnhart. Passed. — **45–13** (pass) · legislature
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **45–13** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed. — **21–9** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–2** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **3–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Phil Barnhart — primary (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Helm — cosponsor (person)

## 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`
- **2017-02-08T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-22T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-03-27T23:09:54+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.
- **2017-03-30T18:37:06+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 3, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-03T18:28:45+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Barnhart. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-04T16:02:35+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`
- **2017-05-17T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-24T22:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-30T22:07:29+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-31T18:31:46+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-01T18:51:45+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-01T18:52:45+00:00** Girod declared potential conflict of interest.
- **2017-06-06T18:26:21+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2017-06-08T20:40:50+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-12T23:48:41+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-20T20:26:40+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-28T20:55:59+00:00** Chapter 387, (2017 Laws): Effective date June 20, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d3ad546-af35-4041-9980-e9d84532cb45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).