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Bill Relating to battery energy storage systems; and prescribing an effective date. Digest: Permits a person who wants to build a battery energy storage system (BESS) to choose to use EFSC for the siting of the BESS. Permits the ruling body of a local body after talking with the person who wants to build a BESS to choose to use EFSC for the siting of the BESS. Permits a BESS to be built and run without its own site certificate if the BESS is subject to the site certificate of another energy facility. Defines BESS. The Act takes effect on the 91st day after sine die. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.0). us/states/or Oregon Legislative Assembly 2024R1 HB 4015 Oregon HB 4015 (2024R1)
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Oregon HB 4015 (2024R1) — Relating to battery energy storage systems; and prescribing an effective date.

Digest: Permits a person who wants to build a battery energy storage system (BESS) to choose to use EFSC for the siting of the BESS. Permits the ruling body of a local body after talking with the person who wants to build a BESS to choose to use EFSC for the siting of the BESS. Permits a BESS to be built and run without its own site certificate if the BESS is subject to the site certificate of another energy facility. Defines BESS. The Act takes effect on the 91st day after sine die. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.0).

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Heard and Reported Out — 32 (pass) · upper
  • Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed. — 1613 (pass) · upper
  • Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Helm. Passed. — 4413 (pass) · lower
  • Heard and Reported Out — 91 (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

  • 2024-02-05T16:09:01+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2024-02-05T19:10:57+00:00 Referred to Climate, Energy, and Environment. referral-committee
  • 2024-02-07T23:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
  • 2024-02-14T23:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
  • 2024-02-15T16:27:30+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-02-15T19:38:45+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
  • 2024-02-15T19:56:57+00:00 Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Helm. Passed. passage, reading-3
  • 2024-02-19T19:11:02+00:00 First reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2024-02-19T21:28:37+00:00 Referred to Energy and Environment. referral-committee
  • 2024-02-22T21:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
  • 2024-02-27T21:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
  • 2024-03-01T17:36:04+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-03-01T22:57:24+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
  • 2024-03-04T23:14:30+00:00 Carried over to 03-05 by unanimous consent.
  • 2024-03-05T19:32:30+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed. passage, reading-3
  • 2024-03-05T19:33:30+00:00 Thatcher, excused, granted unanimous consent to vote nay.
  • 2024-03-06T23:35:25+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
  • 2024-03-07T19:30:22+00:00 President signed. passage
  • 2024-03-27T21:05:22+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
  • 2024-03-28T20:51:09+00:00 Chapter 25, (2024 Laws): Effective date June 6, 2024.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7fd6bde6-44de-4768-ae1a-9c579c94019a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).