---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to registration of biomass facilities; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Makes biomass facilities that registered with Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System on or after January 1, 2011, eligible for renewable energy certificates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 328"
citation: "Oregon SB 328 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-16T17:01:55+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8251e164-c6ca-406e-9194-a0fb62c04b31"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB328"
source_hash: "2a9565273f220ba761213a436984d3530a4fa77a413ee514d098971e611737d0"
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 SB 328 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to registration of biomass facilities; and declaring an emergency.

Makes biomass facilities that registered with Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System on or after January 1, 2011, eligible for renewable energy certificates.

## 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/SB328/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB328/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Johnson. Passed. — **53–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Girod. Passed. — **26–3** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-17T16:06:43+00:00** Referred to Business and Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-20T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-02-23T16:25:43+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-23T17:20:06+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-02-28T19:38:54+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Girod. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-01T17:27:17+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06T23:34:02+00:00** Referred to Energy and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26T22:01:00+00:00** Work Session cancelled.
- **2017-05-08T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-09T23:20:22+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-10T16:22:50+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-11T18:49:48+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 15, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-15T19:01:17+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 16, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-16T18:59:34+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 17, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-17T19:03:22+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 18, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-18T19:01:17+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 22, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-22T19:50:17+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 23, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-23T18:38:49+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 24, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-24T21:56:50+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 25, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-25T22:10:34+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Johnson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-30T21:54:06+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-31T21:05:44+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-06T19:26:14+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-16T16:55:33+00:00** Chapter 249, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-06-16T17:01:55+00:00** Effective date, June 6, 2017.
- **2017-04-24T22:01:00+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/8251e164-c6ca-406e-9194-a0fb62c04b31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).