---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to transportation electrification."
description: "Establishes goals that promote zero-emission vehicle use and requires entities of executive department to promote zero-emission vehicle use."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 1044"
citation: "Oregon SB 1044 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Reardon", "Lee Beyer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-04-04T16:35:14+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-23T17:39:36+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea100295-873f-4ba2-8caa-eb83cedd27c1"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB1044"
source_hash: "16dcc8d3e02ce1a9a7d8b6d9a903045cd4017ff375e9fa503e18feff4bd29d17"
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 1044 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to transportation electrification.

Establishes goals that promote zero-emission vehicle use and requires entities of executive department to promote zero-emission vehicle use.

## 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/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1044/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1044/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1044/A-Engrossed)
4. **JCT Amendment -6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16357)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1044/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **8–3** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed. — **22–5** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Reardon. Passed. — **39–20** (pass) · lower
- Heard — **8–3** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jeff Reardon — primary (person)
- Lee Beyer — primary (person)
- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
- Andrea Salinas — cosponsor (person)
- Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Helm — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Monnes Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Wagner — cosponsor (person)
- Sheri Schouten — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-04T16:35:14+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-05T20:45:03+00:00** Referred to Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-20T22:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-23T00:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-31T20:31:51+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-03T19:25:18+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-04T19:15:04+00:00** Carried over to 06-05 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-06-05T18:46:18+00:00** Carried over to 06-06 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-06-06T18:38:54+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-06T20:40:33+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11T21:30:33+00:00** Referred to Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12T23:40:49+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-13T18:56:16+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-18T03:29:47+00:00** Carried over to June 18, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-06-18T21:41:27+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Reardon. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-24T22:53:53+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-25T15:12:43+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-07-15T16:31:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-23T17:36:36+00:00** Chapter 565, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-07-23T17:39:36+00:00** 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/ea100295-873f-4ba2-8caa-eb83cedd27c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).