---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the taxation of alternative energy systems; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Extends sunset for property tax exemption for alternative energy systems."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2760"
citation: "Oregon HB 2760 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul Holvey"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-02T16:42:27+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-11T22:57:08+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc9cc848-556b-4621-9629-aa1d7e653d0f"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2760"
source_hash: "fc2220da7becc4899a31a458354345085bb6fed58294506a4b48a482d914c199"
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 2760 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to the taxation of alternative energy systems; and prescribing an effective date.

Extends sunset for property tax exemption for alternative energy systems.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2760/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2760/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. — **22–8** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Holvey. Passed. — **55–1** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **8–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Paul Holvey — primary (person)
- Greg Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-02T16:42:27+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06T19:53:14+00:00** Referred to Energy and Environment with subsequent referral to Tax Credits. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-03T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-05T23:15:11+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass, subsequent referral to Tax Credits be rescinded, and be referred to Revenue. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05T23:15:12+00:00** Subsequent referral to Tax Credits rescinded by order of the Speaker.
- **2017-04-05T23:15:13+00:00** Referred to Revenue by order of Speaker. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-25T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-31T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-05T21:42:02+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-06T16:47:34+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-07T21:20:55+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 8, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-08T18:29:25+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Holvey. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-12T16:53:15+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13T15:38:30+00:00** Referred to Finance and Revenue. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20T15:32:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-06-22T17:20:00+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-22T17:21:30+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-26T18:53:31+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-27T20:32:37+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-28T22:54:32+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-07-03T15:50:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-11T22:57:08+00:00** Chapter 542, (2017 Laws): Effective date October 6, 2017.
- **2017-03-29T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc9cc848-556b-4621-9629-aa1d7e653d0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).