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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to utilities; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Specifies, for purposes of exempting certain vehicles from overall allowable length of vehicles under Vehicle Code, that unplanned disruption in services provided by public utility, telecommunications utility, people's utility district<b>, municipality</b> or electric cooperative is emergency if disruption occurs outside normal business hours during which public utility, telecommunications utility, people's utility district<b>, municipality</b> or electric cooperative may acquire variance permit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2568"
citation: "Oregon HB 2568 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Witt"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b63dd7e-b7aa-42c9-ad23-3dfe076590ca"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2568"
source_hash: "32e25aaa0616b4e78d39700ea8a04834116818ee32edfdedb53587bbaaa80dfb"
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 2568 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to utilities; and declaring an emergency.
Specifies, for purposes of exempting certain vehicles from overall allowable length of vehicles under Vehicle Code, that unplanned disruption in services provided by public utility, telecommunications utility, people's utility district<b>, municipality</b> or electric cooperative is emergency if disruption occurs outside normal business hours during which public utility, telecommunications utility, people's utility district<b>, municipality</b> or electric cooperative may acquire variance permit.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2568/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2568/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2568/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2568/B-Engrossed)
5. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2568/Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2568/Enrolled)
## Votes
- Third reading. Carried by Witt. Passed. — **600** (pass) · legislature
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **580** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **50** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Thomsen. Passed. — **280** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **90** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Brad Witt — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18T01:55:48+00:00** Referred to Transportation Policy. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-08T16:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-03-09T20:35:36+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-13T15:57:58+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-03-14T18:18:03+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to March 15, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-03-15T18:38:49+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Witt. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-16T15:42:25+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20T15:54:16+00:00** Referred to Business and Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-15T22:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-19T15:31:06+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-22T18:17:55+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-23T18:28:59+00:00** Carried over to 05-24 by unanimous consent.
- **2017-05-24T18:48:04+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Thomsen. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-30T18:25:17+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2017-06-01T23:37:49+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-02T16:17:14+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-08T21:41:07+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-21T20:40:39+00:00** Chapter 265, (2017 Laws): Effective date June 8, 2017.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b63dd7e-b7aa-42c9-ad23-3dfe076590ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).