---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the jurisdiction of the Energy Facility Siting Council over wind energy facilities."
description: "Increases from 50 megawatts to 100 megawatts the minimum size that a wind energy facility needs to be before a wind energy facility is required to obtain a site certificate from the Energy Facility Siting Council. <b>Requires an applicant for a county land use permit to provide a decommissioning plan if the application is to establish a wind energy facility with an average electric generating capacity of at least 50 megawatts but less than 100 megawatts.</b>"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "HB 3874"
citation: "Oregon HB 3874 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ken Helm"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-27T19:29:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-11T23:59:21+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e00ebe3f-7339-4d3f-8ec4-0cb4b225586d"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3874"
source_hash: "6fcd97ddbdd375ac0ba200992b29b5a9e9b94c19b2b55e4b8b38cb3602b9fb52"
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 3874 (2025R1) — Relating to the jurisdiction of the Energy Facility Siting Council over wind energy facilities.

Increases from 50 megawatts to 100 megawatts the minimum size that a wind energy facility needs to be before a wind energy facility is required to obtain a site certificate from the Energy Facility Siting Council. <b>Requires an applicant for a county land use permit to provide a decommissioning plan if the application is to establish a wind energy facility with an average electric generating capacity of at least 50 megawatts but less than 100 megawatts.</b>

## 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/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3874/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3874/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3874/A-Engrossed)
4. **SEE Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/28796)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3874/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Golden. Passed. — **28–1** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Helm. Passed. — **41–14** (pass) · lower
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **38–15** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ken Helm — primary (person)
- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Owens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-27T19:29:00+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05T00:19:48+00:00** Referred to Climate, Energy, and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-04-03T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-04-07T22:34:03+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08T18:18:07+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09T19:09:30+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 10, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-04-10T23:48:45+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 14, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-04-14T21:54:42+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Helm. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T18:32:30+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15T20:12:35+00:00** Referred to Energy and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-04-30T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-06T22:08:30+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-07T19:01:49+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-08T18:40:05+00:00** Carried over to 05-12 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-05-12T19:29:07+00:00** Carried over to 05-13 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-05-13T19:18:43+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Golden. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-19T18:31:57+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2025-05-20T18:26:45+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-20T22:02:32+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-27T23:56:40+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-11T23:59:21+00:00** Chapter 162, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e00ebe3f-7339-4d3f-8ec4-0cb4b225586d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).