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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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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.

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

Votes

  • Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 32 (pass) · upper
  • Third reading. Carried by Helm. Passed. — 419 (pass) · lower
  • Heard and Reported Out — 70 (pass) · lower
  • Third reading. Carried by Golden. Passed. — 189 (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).