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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to solar incentives; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Requires State Department of Energy to adopt by rule program for providing rebates for purchase, construction or installation of residential and <b>certain</b> nonresidential solar electric systems and paired solar and storage systems. Sets forth rebate limits under program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2618"
citation: "Oregon HB 2618 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arnie Roblan", "David Brock Smith", "Floyd Prozanski", "Ken Helm"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-08-14T21:32:36+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3e11ffc-1fd6-49bc-9392-fc86ba840bc7"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2618"
source_hash: "8c3d04cbbc91e56d9cc6b33c76fd30961661b2e6d8b93500656397feeccd5e47"
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 2618 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to solar incentives; and prescribing an effective date.
Requires State Department of Energy to adopt by rule program for providing rebates for purchase, construction or installation of residential and <b>certain</b> nonresidential solar electric systems and paired solar and storage systems. Sets forth rebate limits under program.
## 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/HB2618/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2618/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2618/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2618/B-Engrossed)
5. **HEE Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/14910)
6. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2618/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
7. **JWM Amendment -A4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/17036)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2618/Enrolled)
## Votes
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **81** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **320** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Golden. Passed. — **270** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Helm. Passed. — **517** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Arnie Roblan — primary (person)
- David Brock Smith — primary (person)
- Floyd Prozanski — primary (person)
- Ken Helm — primary (person)
- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
- Andrea Salinas — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Boquist — cosponsor (person)
- Caddy McKeown — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Leif — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Golden — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
- John Lively — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
- Karin Power — cosponsor (person)
- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Sheri Schouten — 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`
- **2019-01-15T23:56:58+00:00** Referred to Energy and Environment with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-04-02T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-05T19:12:22+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05T19:12:23+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14T16:44:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Capital Construction. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-21T02:33:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2019-06-21T01:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-21T02:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-21T20:52:47+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-24T18:35:43+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-25T00:16:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 25, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-06-25T18:47:04+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Helm. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-29T14:53:52+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-29T16:13:51+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-29T20:16:46+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-30T02:02:34+00:00** Rules suspended. Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-30T03:44:03+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Golden. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-30T03:45:03+00:00** Thatcher declared potential conflict of interest.
- **2019-07-02T17:49:50+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-07-03T22:16:12+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-08-09T23:53:36+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-14T21:32:36+00:00** Chapter 655, (2019 Laws): Effective date September 29, 2019.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3e11ffc-1fd6-49bc-9392-fc86ba840bc7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).