---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to carrier of last resort obligations."
description: "Directs Public Utility Commission to establish public process for investigating continuing relevance of telecommunications carrier of last resort obligations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 3065"
citation: "Oregon HB 3065 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["E. Werner Reschke", "Pam Marsh"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-25T17:48:40+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-24T19:11:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b2743be-b849-4e3f-82e3-747cfd9396a1"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB3065"
source_hash: "828cbb1d6e81680b636bb96894708a907dd7b2921327198690aa0b1f8c2901b1"
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 3065 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to carrier of last resort obligations.

Directs Public Utility Commission to establish public process for investigating continuing relevance of telecommunications carrier of last resort obligations.

## 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/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3065/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3065/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3065/A-Engrossed)
4. **HEE Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/14911)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3065/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Marsh. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Riley. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- E. Werner Reschke — primary (person)
- Pam Marsh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-25T17:48:40+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01T16:50:04+00:00** Referred to Energy and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-02T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-05T19:13:19+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08T18:36:17+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09T18:55:36+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 10, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-04-10T18:49:33+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Marsh. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-11T16:03:46+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-12T16:24:01+00:00** Referred to Business and General Government. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-07T15:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-13T16:12:40+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-13T17:37:25+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-14T17:12:45+00:00** Carried over to 05-15 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-05-15T19:15:58+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Riley. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-16T17:19:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-16T22:17:28+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-22T23:12:03+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-24T19:11:42+00:00** Chapter 143, (2019 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b2743be-b849-4e3f-82e3-747cfd9396a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).