---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to property tax exemption for community solar projects; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Grants property tax exemption for proportion of community solar project that is owned by residential customers or leased by residential subscribers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2022R1"
identifier: "SB 1519"
citation: "Oregon SB 1519 (2022R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-01T15:05:58+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-01T17:10:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee3d83de-eb5c-461d-8ca6-5dd1322fe78a"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Measures/Overview/SB1519"
source_hash: "f9ccb1dc1b93ad73fdd552e716239097d94a983cfbe9d79bab9834ed8895056a"
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 1519 (2022R1) — Relating to property tax exemption for community solar projects; and prescribing an effective date.

Grants property tax exemption for proportion of community solar project that is owned by residential customers or leased by residential subscribers.

## 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/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1519/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1519/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1519/A-Engrossed)
4. **SEE Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/21767)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1519/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Pham. Passed. — **54–4** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Lieber. Passed. — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01T15:05:58+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01T16:27:56+00:00** Referred to Energy and Environment, then Finance and Revenue. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02T23:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2022-02-07T23:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2022-02-08T22:42:47+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Finance and Revenue by prior reference. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-08T22:42:48+00:00** Referred to Finance and Revenue by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2022-02-23T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2022-02-24T17:37:10+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24T20:40:05+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-25T18:31:28+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Lieber. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-26T00:39:51+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01T00:46:12+00:00** Referred to Revenue. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02T02:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2022-03-02T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2022-03-02T22:10:21+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-03T01:34:01+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03T21:31:33+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Pham. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-04T22:12:42+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-08T19:50:55+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-24T18:16:55+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-01T17:03:00+00:00** Chapter 79, 2022 Laws.
- **2022-04-01T17:10:00+00:00** Effective date, June 3, 2022.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee3d83de-eb5c-461d-8ca6-5dd1322fe78a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).