republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2025r1/sb-992.md

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Bill	Relating to beverage containers; and declaring an emergency.	</b> </i>] [<i>Requires the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission to study the modernization of the beverage container redemption and recycling law. Directs the commission to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the environment by September 15, 2026.</i>] <b>Authorizes the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission to approve one or more alternative access redemption centers. Directs the commission to classify two existing convenience zones as a single low-impact convenience zone if certain criteria are met. Directs the commission to review convenience zones every three years. Provides that beverage container dealers must accept returns of empty beverage containers during specified hours and may refuse to accept returns during all other hours. Provides that wineries may refuse to accept returns of empty beverage containers not sold by the winery. Modifies provisions related to siting of full-service redemption centers. Provides that a dealer that establishes a dealer redemption center within a city with a population of 500,000 or greater may refuse to accept returns of empty beverage containers. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.</b>	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2025R1	SB 992	Oregon SB 992 (2025R1)	bill		enacted		5	22	4	2025-02-06T18:55:04+00:00	2025-06-11T22:55:25+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/fa4074f0-2823-4da0-9db8-0d9a7b85c9a8	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB992	a08fa6bd40b37e17dd257da3cdd24a6372e3d750341e36cfaa8dcb7ef377f450	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon SB 992 (2025R1) — Relating to beverage containers; and declaring an emergency.

] [Requires the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission to study the modernization of the beverage container redemption and recycling law. Directs the commission to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the environment by September 15, 2026.] Authorizes the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission to approve one or more alternative access redemption centers. Directs the commission to classify two existing convenience zones as a single low-impact convenience zone if certain criteria are met. Directs the commission to review convenience zones every three years. Provides that beverage container dealers must accept returns of empty beverage containers during specified hours and may refuse to accept returns during all other hours. Provides that wineries may refuse to accept returns of empty beverage containers not sold by the winery. Modifies provisions related to siting of full-service redemption centers. Provides that a dealer that establishes a dealer redemption center within a city with a population of 500,000 or greater may refuse to accept returns of empty beverage containers. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

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 -3 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Heard and Reported Out — 8–1 (pass) · lower
• Third reading. Carried by Gamba. Passed. — 48–4 (pass) · lower
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed. — 28–1 (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-06T18:55:04+00:00 Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-02-10T17:52:32+00:00 Referred to Energy and Environment. referral-committee
• 2025-02-17T23:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2025-04-02T22:01:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-04-07T22:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-04-14T19:35:40+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-15T18:32:30+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2025-04-16T18:55:02+00:00 Carried over to 04-17 by unanimous consent.
• 2025-04-17T18:49:45+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2025-04-17T22:37:38+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-04-24T04:45:06+00:00 Referred to Climate, Energy, and Environment. referral-committee
• 2025-05-08T15:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2025-05-15T15:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-05-19T16:57:06+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-19T18:46:28+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2025-05-20T20:05:57+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to May 21, 2025 Calendar.
• 2025-05-21T19:43:15+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Gamba. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2025-05-22T22:08:01+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2025-05-22T22:33:26+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2025-06-03T19:41:57+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2025-06-11T22:41:32+00:00 Chapter 266, 2025 Laws.
• 2025-06-11T22:55:25+00:00 Effective date, June 3, 2025.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fa4074f0-2823-4da0-9db8-0d9a7b85c9a8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).