republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2025r1/hb-3874.md

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Bill	Relating to the jurisdiction of the Energy Facility Siting Council over wind energy facilities.	Increases from 50 megawatts to 100 megawatts the minimum size that a wind energy facility needs to be before a wind energy facility is required to obtain a site certificate from the Energy Facility Siting Council. <b>Requires an applicant for a county land use permit to provide a decommissioning plan if the application is to establish a wind energy facility with an average electric generating capacity of at least 50 megawatts but less than 100 megawatts.</b>	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2025R1	HB 3874	Oregon HB 3874 (2025R1)	bill		enacted	Ken Helm	5	23	5	2025-02-27T19:29:00+00:00	2025-06-11T23:59:21+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/e00ebe3f-7339-4d3f-8ec4-0cb4b225586d	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3874	6fcd97ddbdd375ac0ba200992b29b5a9e9b94c19b2b55e4b8b38cb3602b9fb52	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon HB 3874 (2025R1) — Relating to the jurisdiction of the Energy Facility Siting Council over wind energy facilities.

Increases from 50 megawatts to 100 megawatts the minimum size that a wind energy facility needs to be before a wind energy facility is required to obtain a site certificate from the Energy Facility Siting Council. Requires an applicant for a county land use permit to provide a decommissioning plan if the application is to establish a wind energy facility with an average electric generating capacity of at least 50 megawatts but less than 100 megawatts.

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 Golden. Passed. — 28–1 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Third reading. Carried by Helm. Passed. — 41–14 (pass) · lower
• House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — 38–15 (pass) · lower
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 5–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ken Helm — primary (person)
• Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Owens — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-27T19:29:00+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-03-05T00:19:48+00:00 Referred to Climate, Energy, and Environment. referral-committee
• 2025-03-27T15:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2025-04-03T15:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-04-07T22:34:03+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-08T18:18:07+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2025-04-09T19:09:30+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to April 10, 2025 Calendar.
• 2025-04-10T23:48:45+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to April 14, 2025 Calendar.
• 2025-04-14T21:54:42+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Helm. 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 Energy and Environment. referral-committee
• 2025-04-23T22:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2025-04-30T22:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-05-06T22:08:30+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-07T19:01:49+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2025-05-08T18:40:05+00:00 Carried over to 05-12 by unanimous consent.
• 2025-05-12T19:29:07+00:00 Carried over to 05-13 by unanimous consent.
• 2025-05-13T19:18:43+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Golden. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2025-05-19T18:31:57+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
• 2025-05-20T18:26:45+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2025-05-20T22:02:32+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2025-05-27T23:56:40+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2025-06-11T23:59:21+00:00 Chapter 162, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e00ebe3f-7339-4d3f-8ec4-0cb4b225586d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).