---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the Director of the State Department of Energy."
description: "Requires Senate confirmation of Director of the State Department of Energy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 99"
citation: "Oregon SB 99 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09T18:52:09+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-22T19:37:17+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54588ed6-d437-45f0-8909-0ce53bd4bbfd"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/SB99"
source_hash: "bfff433f970ede5cdbe9afda7ce2ae1e9e0e794e7cc0ade94c8ef8639ef24096"
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 99 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to the Director of the State Department of Energy.

Requires Senate confirmation of Director of the State Department of Energy.

## 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/SB99/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB99/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Smith DB. Passed. — **55–1** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Monroe. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (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`
- **2017-04-12T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-17T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-24T15:35:31+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-24T17:04:12+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-25T18:42:59+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Monroe. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-26T16:16:05+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-01T16:44:35+00:00** Referred to Energy and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-08T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-10T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-15T20:39:11+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.
- **2017-06-01T18:51:33+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Smith DB. 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`
- **2017-06-22T19:33:15+00:00** Chapter 314, 2017 Laws.
- **2017-06-22T19:37:17+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54588ed6-d437-45f0-8909-0ce53bd4bbfd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).