---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the reporting of the status of a regional energy market."
description: "Digest: The Act makes an electric company report each year on the steps taken or being taken to be part of an energy market. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.1)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2024R1"
identifier: "SB 1581"
citation: "Oregon SB 1581 (2024R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Courtney Neron", "David Brock Smith", "Kathleen Taylor"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-05T15:05:18+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-28T19:49:35+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1921ac34-599f-4c83-8a52-6bbb450f3a0e"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/SB1581"
source_hash: "6a89ee51a359b4bbe0cc468c5ea441b20735522f201548e27436216a5e946089"
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 1581 (2024R1) — Relating to the reporting of the status of a regional energy market.

Digest: The Act makes an electric company report each year on the steps taken or being taken to be part of an energy market. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.1).

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1581/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1581/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1581/A-Engrossed)
4. **SEE Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/25805)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1581/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Marsh. Passed. — **37–14** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Taylor, Smith DB. Passed. — **24–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Courtney Neron — primary (person)
- David Brock Smith — primary (person)
- Kathleen Taylor — primary (person)
- Aaron Woods — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Gorsek — cosponsor (person)
- Court Boice — cosponsor (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- James Hieb — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Golden — cosponsor (person)
- John Lively — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Lieber — cosponsor (person)
- Kayse Jama — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Helm — cosponsor (person)
- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Owens — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Nathanson — cosponsor (person)
- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Wagner — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Wlnsvey Campos — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05T15:05:18+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05T17:31:30+00:00** Referred to Energy and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13T21:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2024-02-16T17:26:33+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-19T19:11:02+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20T20:47:17+00:00** Carried over to 02-21 by unanimous consent.
- **2024-02-21T19:40:31+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Taylor, Smith DB. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-22T18:24:53+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-23T00:04:11+00:00** Referred to Climate, Energy, and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2024-02-28T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-03-01T23:23:55+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-04T19:42:08+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05T01:12:24+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 5, 2024 Calendar.
- **2024-03-05T23:43:02+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Marsh. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-07T19:30:22+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07T21:16:50+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-27T19:48:17+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28T19:46:49+00:00** Chapter 67, 2024 Laws.
- **2024-03-28T19:49:35+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2025.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1921ac34-599f-4c83-8a52-6bbb450f3a0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).