---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to renewable natural gas; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Requires State Department of Energy to develop, maintain<b> and periodically update</b> inventory of biogas and renewable natural gas resources available to this state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 334"
citation: "Oregon SB 334 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-22T19:07:58+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a636ad6-31f7-4609-b5e2-8b1eb57e6ac4"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB334"
source_hash: "26d9988f970a73d1eff458468bee5d9ef6adc19cd93786536fda2df0d033f914"
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 334 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to renewable natural gas; and prescribing an effective date.

Requires State Department of Energy to develop, maintain<b> and periodically update</b> inventory of biogas and renewable natural gas resources available to this state.

## 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/SB334/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB334/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB334/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB334/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed. — **26–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Barnhart. Passed. — **55–2** (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 held.
- **2017-03-15T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-03-20T22:24:50+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-21T17:16:37+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-22T18:21:11+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-23T16:16:52+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-24T19:09:10+00:00** Referred to Energy and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session cancelled.
- **2017-05-10T22:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-15T20:39:13+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-16T15:32:13+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **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.
- **2017-05-25T22:00:25+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 26, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-26T15:36:22+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 30, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-30T18:44:50+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 31, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-05-31T18:56:58+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 1, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-06-01T21:23:17+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Barnhart. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-06T20:10:13+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-07T22:09:22+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-14T22:30:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-22T19:06:39+00:00** Effective date, October 6, 2017.
- **2017-06-22T19:07:58+00:00** Chapter 328, 2017 Laws.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a636ad6-31f7-4609-b5e2-8b1eb57e6ac4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).