---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to photovoltaic solar power generation facilities; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Permits establishment of photovoltaic solar power generation facility on certain high-value farmland."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 3456"
citation: "Oregon HB 3456 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Smith"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-05-11T15:55:14+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-13T17:08:14+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1176d8f2-3ad4-43f2-8a0f-ca275a8d86e8"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB3456"
source_hash: "80450c7910c34c8f37bfdc29a7c3d298e3d97cd4def7143d06cd36b14130e27b"
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 3456 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to photovoltaic solar power generation facilities; and declaring an emergency.

Permits establishment of photovoltaic solar power generation facility on certain high-value farmland.

## 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/HB3456/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3456/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3456/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3456/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Ferrioli. Passed. — **17–12** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Smith G. Passed. — **54–4** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **8–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Greg Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-11T15:55:14+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-12T00:23:58+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-18T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-30T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-06-06T00:13:33+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-06T16:47:34+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-07T21:32:19+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Smith G. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-08T16:24:02+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-09T16:02:43+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-07T21:33:19+00:00** Potential conflict(s) of interest declared by Smith G.
- **2017-06-14T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-06-19T15:24:29+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-19T17:02:09+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-06-20T18:22:40+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Ferrioli. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-22T19:00:17+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-23T21:01:42+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-29T21:27:24+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-13T17:08:14+00:00** Chapter 504, (2017 Laws): Effective date June 29, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1176d8f2-3ad4-43f2-8a0f-ca275a8d86e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).