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Bill Relating to energy conservation in public buildings; and prescribing an effective date. Includes battery storage in definition of "green energy technology." Defines "total contract price." Permits contracting agency, as alternative to including green energy technology in construction, reconstruction or major renovation of public building, to make expenditure to improve energy use efficiency in public building. Adds requirement to show results of analysis of total solar resource fraction that applies to site on which contracting agency intends to construct green energy technology that uses solar energy for space or water heating or to generate electricity. Permits contracting agency to use green energy for space or water heating or to generate electricity if total solar resource fraction exceeds 75 percent. us/states/or Oregon Legislative Assembly 2019 Regular Session HB 2496 Oregon HB 2496 (2019 Regular Session)
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Oregon HB 2496 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to energy conservation in public buildings; and prescribing an effective date.

Includes battery storage in definition of "green energy technology." Defines "total contract price." Permits contracting agency, as alternative to including green energy technology in construction, reconstruction or major renovation of public building, to make expenditure to improve energy use efficiency in public building. Adds requirement to show results of analysis of total solar resource fraction that applies to site on which contracting agency intends to construct green energy technology that uses solar energy for space or water heating or to generate electricity. Permits contracting agency to use green energy for space or water heating or to generate electricity if total solar resource fraction exceeds 75 percent.

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/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2496/House Amendments to Introduced)
  2. Introduced (filed) — source
  3. A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  4. HEE Amendment -3 (committee substitute) — source
  5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Third reading. Carried by Williams. Passed. — 4414 (pass) · lower
  • Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. — 226 (pass) · upper
  • Heard and Reported Out — 30 (pass) · upper
  • Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 72 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Paul Holvey — primary (person)
  • Anna Williams — cosponsor (person)
  • Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
  • Karin Power — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2019-01-18T19:43:45+00:00 Referred to Energy and Environment. referral-committee
  • 2019-03-28T20:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
  • 2019-04-04T20:01:00+00:00 Work Session held.
  • 2019-04-09T20:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
  • 2019-04-16T15:33:24+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-04-17T18:34:04+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
  • 2019-04-18T18:44:30+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to April 22, 2019 Calendar.
  • 2019-04-22T18:42:24+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Williams. Passed. passage, reading-3
  • 2019-04-23T16:42:30+00:00 First reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2019-04-25T21:00:06+00:00 Referred to Business and General Government. referral-committee
  • 2019-05-07T15:32:00+00:00 Public Hearing and Work Session held.
  • 2019-05-16T15:29:19+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-05-16T17:58:53+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
  • 2019-05-20T18:45:17+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. passage, reading-3
  • 2019-05-21T17:56:12+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
  • 2019-05-21T22:56:14+00:00 President signed. passage
  • 2019-05-24T19:06:00+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
  • 2019-06-10T15:38:36+00:00 Chapter 160, (2019 Laws): Effective date September 29, 2019.
  • 2019-04-02T20:01:00+00:00 Work Session held.
  • 2019-04-05T00:31:00+00:00 Work Session held.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e9b5c0e3-15be-497d-874b-72f9b07e5a4a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).