republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2023r1/sb-545.md

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Bill	Relating to reuse of containers; and declaring an emergency.	<i>Directs State Department of Agriculture and Oregon Health Authority to adopt rules allowing consumers to use own containers for refilling with food at food establishment. Directs department and authority to adopt rules allowing food establishments to reuse take-home food containers returned to restaurant by consumer.</i>]	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2023R1	SB 545	Oregon SB 545 (2023R1)	bill		enacted	Janeen Sollman Maxine Dexter Michael Dembrow Tom Andersen	5	24	6	2023-01-09T18:53:53+00:00	2023-05-16T23:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/808c458b-5688-4e59-b79c-9399de89d359	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/SB545	e440548cab206a1c7a43b20518c83e5eb3c4fd2b4aea7ab08db4abb7305b8580	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon SB 545 (2023R1) — Relating to reuse of containers; and declaring an emergency.

Directs State Department of Agriculture and Oregon Health Authority to adopt rules allowing consumers to use own containers for refilling with food at food establishment. Directs department and authority to adopt rules allowing food establishments to reuse take-home food containers returned to restaurant by consumer.]

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Senate Amendments to Introduced (filed) — source
3. A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. SEE Amendment -1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third reading. Carried by Andersen. Passed. — 39–17 (pass) · lower
• Carried by Sollman. Passed. — 19–8 (pass) · upper
• Motion to postone until 03-15 Calendar. Ayes, 24; Nays, 3--Hayden, Linthicum, Robinson; Excused, 3--Frederick, Gorsek, Woods. — 24–3 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• Motion to take from 03-14 Calendar and place on 03-15 Calendar. Motion failed. Ayes, 14; Nays, 13--Anderson, Bonham, Boquist, Findley, Girod, Hansell, Hayden, Knopp, Linthicum, Robinson, Smith DB, Thatcher, Weber; Excused, 3--Frederick, Gorsek, Woods. — 14–13 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Janeen Sollman — primary (person)
• Maxine Dexter — primary (person)
• Michael Dembrow — primary (person)
• Tom Andersen — primary (person)
• Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
• David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
• Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
• Farrah Chaichi — cosponsor (person)
• Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
• Kathleen Taylor — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
• Susan McLain — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-09T18:53:53+00:00 Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-01-12T19:26:35+00:00 Referred to Energy and Environment. referral-committee
• 2023-02-14T21:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2023-03-07T21:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2023-03-10T23:20:02+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-13T17:36:22+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2023-03-14T17:40:00+00:00 Motion to postone until 03-15 Calendar. Ayes, 24; Nays, 3--Hayden, Linthicum, Robinson; Excused, 3--Frederick, Gorsek, Woods.
• 2023-03-14T17:39:00+00:00 Motion to take from 03-14 Calendar and place on 03-15 Calendar. Motion failed. Ayes, 14; Nays, 13--Anderson, Bonham, Boquist, Findley, Girod, Hansell, Hayden, Knopp, Linthicum, Robinson, Smith DB, Thatcher, Weber; Excused, 3--Frederick, Gorsek, Woods.
• 2023-03-14T17:38:00+00:00 Third reading.
• 2023-03-15T18:30:01+00:00 Carried by Sollman. Passed.
• 2023-03-15T19:11:15+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-03-15T18:31:01+00:00 Vote explanation filed by Boquist.
• 2023-03-16T23:30:56+00:00 Referred to Climate, Energy, and Environment. referral-committee
• 2023-04-17T22:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2023-04-18T21:46:17+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-24T19:05:24+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2023-04-25T19:38:12+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to April 26, 2023 Calendar.
• 2023-04-26T18:45:11+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Andersen. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-27T19:43:55+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2023-05-01T17:14:34+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2023-04-05T22:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2023-05-08T20:12:01+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2023-05-16T22:45:00+00:00 Chapter 74, 2023 Laws.
• 2023-05-16T23:00:00+00:00 Effective date, May 8, 2023.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/808c458b-5688-4e59-b79c-9399de89d359. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).