---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to fees imposed by the Public Utility Commission; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Increases annual fee imposed on public utilities and telecommunications providers for purpose of defraying costs of Public Utility Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 68"
citation: "Oregon SB 68 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-10T16:12:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a9611ea-3f16-4d6b-8f69-9917b85df210"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB68"
source_hash: "c9eb846cc90e39036d767e308409a27f6494b564d4abf2d01654777f47e0cbe3"
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 68 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to fees imposed by the Public Utility Commission; and declaring an emergency.

Increases annual fee imposed on public utilities and telecommunications providers for purpose of defraying costs of Public Utility Commission.

## 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/SB68/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB68/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. — **45–14** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **32–2** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. — **18–11** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15T23:44:19+00:00** Referred to Business and General Government. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31T16:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-02-04T17:54:05+00:00** Recommendation: Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Ways and Means.
- **2019-02-04T17:54:06+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06T19:08:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Transportation and Economic Development. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28T20:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2019-03-28T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-04-12T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-17T15:20:32+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-17T17:07:09+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-18T18:27:24+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-18T18:28:24+00:00** Vote explanation filed by Boquist.
- **2019-04-22T16:51:17+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-26T21:22:29+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30T23:08:30+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-02T00:25:14+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-02T18:46:29+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 6, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-05-06T20:34:06+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 7, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-05-07T19:10:54+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 8, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-05-08T19:50:15+00:00** Carried over to May 9, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-09T19:03:10+00:00** Carried over to May 13, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-13T23:01:03+00:00** Carried over to May 14, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-14T19:29:10+00:00** Carried over to May 15, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-15T19:27:33+00:00** Carried over to May 16, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-16T18:50:13+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-20T16:18:01+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-20T20:33:54+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-24T18:58:17+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10T16:05:04+00:00** Chapter 173, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-06-10T16:12:23+00:00** Effective date, May 24, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a9611ea-3f16-4d6b-8f69-9917b85df210`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).