republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2025r1/hb-3156.md

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Bill	Relating to utilities.	</b> </i>] [<i>Requires the Public Utility Commission to study utilities. Directs the commission to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to energy not later than September 15, 2026.</i>] [<i>Sunsets on January 2, 2027.</i>] <b>Requires each public utility to include with each utility bill the phone numbers for the Public Utility Commission's consumer services and website address for the commission's online consumer complaint form.</b>	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2025R1	HB 3156	Oregon HB 3156 (2025R1)	bill		enacted	Jami Cate	5	19	4	2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00	2025-06-11T23:59:21+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/afbf3bad-21b8-404b-a34d-668b8d8ec44d	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3156	79df02e5a408a7f0dc46518cf3053fa4cad1efa02be6293f3a5aba7a6d5283d2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon HB 3156 (2025R1) — Relating to utilities.

] [Requires the Public Utility Commission to study utilities. Directs the commission to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to energy not later than September 15, 2026.] [Sunsets on January 2, 2027.] Requires each public utility to include with each utility bill the phone numbers for the Public Utility Commission's consumer services and website address for the commission's online consumer complaint form.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• Heard and Reported Out — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Third reading. Carried by Osborne. Passed. — 55–0 (pass) · lower
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Third reading. Carried by Pham. Passed. — 26–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jami Cate — primary (person)
• E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
• Farrah Chaichi — cosponsor (person)
• Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
• Khanh Pham — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
• Virgle Osborne — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-01-17T20:47:46+00:00 Referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection. referral-committee
• 2025-03-27T20:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2025-04-03T20:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-04-09T23:00:28+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-10T17:57:09+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2025-04-14T22:25:01+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Osborne. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2025-04-15T18:32:30+00:00 First reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-04-15T20:12:35+00:00 Referred to Labor and Business. referral-committee
• 2025-04-24T15:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2025-04-29T15:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-05-06T16:13:39+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-06T18:50:01+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2025-05-07T19:28:07+00:00 Carried over to 05-08 by unanimous consent.
• 2025-05-08T19:08:23+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Pham. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2025-05-09T18:27:29+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2025-05-12T19:32:38+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2025-05-19T22:30:44+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2025-06-11T23:59:21+00:00 Chapter 97, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/afbf3bad-21b8-404b-a34d-668b8d8ec44d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).