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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to disposition of utility property."
description: "Raises statutory threshold for requiring public utility to receive Public Utility Commission approval for disposition of certain property from $100,000 to $1 million."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 637"
citation: "Oregon SB 637 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fred Girod"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-22T16:58:53+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-10T16:12:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9dfe9259-8b40-42bf-a1e9-1b32957ba643"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB637"
source_hash: "69c6072d17b08c261fd411126b5a1b7e4de3e03445a5efcf1f315f3222689581"
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 637 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to disposition of utility property.
Raises statutory threshold for requiring public utility to receive Public Utility Commission approval for disposition of certain property from $100,000 to $1 million.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB637/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB637/Enrolled)
## Votes
- Third reading. Carried by Girod. Passed. — **250** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **50** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Salinas. Passed. — **541** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **90** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Fred Girod — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-22T16:58:53+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24T21:17:20+00:00** Referred to Business and General Government. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-02-21T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-02-28T16:28:18+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28T20:05:49+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-03-04T20:11:36+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Girod. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-05T16:59:06+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11T23:48:47+00:00** Referred to Energy and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing cancelled.
- **2019-04-18T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-02T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-07T22:54:35+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-08T19:07:58+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-09T19:03:10+00:00** Carried over to May 13, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-13T23:01:03+00:00** Carried over to May 14, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-14T19:29:10+00:00** Carried over to May 15, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-15T19:27:33+00:00** Carried over to May 16, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-16T18:33:40+00:00** Carried over to May 17, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-17T18:57:34+00:00** Carried over to May 20, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-20T19:29:22+00:00** Carried over to May 21, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-21T19:06:09+00:00** Carried over to May 22, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2019-05-23T03:00:38+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Salinas. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-28T16:32:42+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-05-28T20:57:27+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-04T22:07:40+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10T16:05:04+00:00** Chapter 252, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-06-10T16:12:23+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2020.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9dfe9259-8b40-42bf-a1e9-1b32957ba643`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).