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| Bill | Relating to water utilities regulated by the Public Utility Commission. | </b> </i>] Authorizes the Public Utility Commission to order the [<i>acquisition</i>] <b>sale</b> of an incumbent water utility [<i>by</i>]<b> to</b> another water utility or entity when the incumbent water utility is not able to provide [<i>safe, adequate, efficient and reasonable</i>] <b>safe and adequate</b> service. <b>Requires the commission to provide the incumbent water utility reasonable opportunity to take alternative actions to the sale. Increases, from $5,000 to $100,000, the amount of fees that the commission may use to make emergency repairs to public utility plants that provide water service. Authorizes the commission to order a public utility that provides water service to make emergency repairs.</b> | us/states/or | Oregon Legislative Assembly | 2025R1 | SB 845 | Oregon SB 845 (2025R1) |
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enacted | 5 | 21 | 4 | 2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00 | 2025-06-06T23:05:17+00:00 | openstates | ocd-bill/282cd64d-7b51-4a79-9e73-4d06785676bb | https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB845 | 3c11770ee31bdf94077e83ecba26e07a44bdaec50bc0438ace860e5e448ee778 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Oregon SB 845 (2025R1) — Relating to water utilities regulated by the Public Utility Commission.
] Authorizes the Public Utility Commission to order the [acquisition] sale of an incumbent water utility [by] to another water utility or entity when the incumbent water utility is not able to provide [safe, adequate, efficient and reasonable] safe and adequate service. Requires the commission to provide the incumbent water utility reasonable opportunity to take alternative actions to the sale. Increases, from $5,000 to $100,000, the amount of fees that the commission may use to make emergency repairs to public utility plants that provide water service. Authorizes the commission to order a public utility that provides water service to make emergency repairs.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Senate Amendments to Introduced (filed) — source
- A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- SNRW Amendment -1 (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 3–2 (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Helm. Passed. — 41–9 (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — 7–0 (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Golden. Passed. — 18–9 (pass) · upper
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00 Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
introduction, reading-1, referral-committee - 2025-01-17T22:13:22+00:00 Referred to Natural Resources and Wildfire.
referral-committee - 2025-02-18T21:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
- 2025-04-01T20:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
- 2025-04-07T22:16:39+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.)
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-04-08T19:03:35+00:00 Second reading.
reading-2 - 2025-04-09T19:26:51+00:00 Carried over to 04-10 by unanimous consent.
- 2025-04-10T21:11:23+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Golden. Passed.
passage, reading-3 - 2025-04-10T23:51:53+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
introduction, reading-1, referral-committee - 2025-04-15T17:31:11+00:00 Referred to Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water.
referral-committee - 2025-04-28T15:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
- 2025-05-12T15:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
- 2025-05-14T22:22:39+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass.
committee-passage-favorable - 2025-05-15T18:20:57+00:00 Second reading.
reading-2 - 2025-05-19T20:27:04+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to May 20, 2025 Calendar.
- 2025-05-20T18:40:35+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Helm. Passed.
passage, reading-3 - 2025-05-21T22:13:26+00:00 President signed.
passage - 2025-05-22T17:22:34+00:00 Speaker signed.
passage - 2025-05-28T20:25:24+00:00 Governor signed.
executive-signature - 2025-06-06T23:00:17+00:00 Chapter 233, 2025 Laws.
- 2025-06-06T23:05:17+00:00 Effective date, January 1, 2026.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/282cd64d-7b51-4a79-9e73-4d06785676bb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).