republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2026r1/hb-4076.md

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Bill	Relating to energy; and prescribing an effective date.	Requires the Energy Facility Siting Council to find that reasons justify why the state policy in applicable statewide planning goals should not apply to a proposed energy facility if the council finds that the proposed energy facility will deliver electricity to the electric grid using an existing energy facility's surplus interconnection and does not require associated transmission lines more than two miles from the existing energy facility. Defines "surplus interconnection." <b>Allows a local government to justify a reason for an exception to a statewide land use planning goal relating to agricultural lands for the development of a renewable energy facility if an exception is required under rules of the Land Conservation and Development Commission, the county adopts certain findings and the proposed facility will deliver electricity to the electric grid using an existing energy facility's unused interconnection capacity and does not require associated transmission lines more than two miles from the existing energy facility. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.</b>	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2026R1	HB 4076	Oregon HB 4076 (2026R1)	bill		enacted	John Lively	8	20	5	2026-02-02T16:50:03+00:00	2026-04-06T17:33:05+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/63c38726-1116-4086-bfac-7ad9badf1eb9	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/HB4076	f3e644fd9d3b418cb9da8ab62b1ba24c09b1d1c521d6e82b7096d6d8f1d7b66c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon HB 4076 (2026R1) — Relating to energy; and prescribing an effective date.

Requires the Energy Facility Siting Council to find that reasons justify why the state policy in applicable statewide planning goals should not apply to a proposed energy facility if the council finds that the proposed energy facility will deliver electricity to the electric grid using an existing energy facility's surplus interconnection and does not require associated transmission lines more than two miles from the existing energy facility. Defines "surplus interconnection." Allows a local government to justify a reason for an exception to a statewide land use planning goal relating to agricultural lands for the development of a renewable energy facility if an exception is required under rules of the Land Conservation and Development Commission, the county adopts certain findings and the proposed facility will deliver electricity to the electric grid using an existing energy facility's unused interconnection capacity and does not require associated transmission lines more than two miles from the existing energy facility. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

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. B-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. HCEE Amendment -1 (committee substitute) — source
6. SEE Amendment -A2 (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third reading. Carried by Smith DB. Passed. — 28–0 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 11–1 (pass) · lower
• Third reading. Carried by Gamba. Passed. — 36–5 (pass) · lower
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — 41–13 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• John Lively — primary (person)
• James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-02T16:50:03+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-02T17:51:51+00:00 Referred to Climate, Energy, and Environment. referral-committee
• 2026-02-12T16:02:00+00:00 Public Hearing and Work Session held.
• 2026-02-16T23:32:13+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-17T22:09:36+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2026-02-19T01:40:31+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to February 19, 2026 Calendar.
• 2026-02-19T19:51:21+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to February 20, 2026 Calendar.
• 2026-02-20T18:21:57+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Gamba. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-20T21:49:18+00:00 First reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-20T22:59:40+00:00 Referred to Energy and Environment. referral-committee
• 2026-02-25T23:02:00+00:00 Public Hearing and Work Session held.
• 2026-02-27T17:41:46+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-02T19:48:26+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2026-03-03T21:59:14+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Smith DB. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2026-03-04T18:58:15+00:00 House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
• 2026-03-04T18:57:15+00:00 Potential conflict(s) of interest declared by Scharf.
• 2026-03-05T21:30:14+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2026-03-06T16:59:18+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2026-03-31T21:07:00+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2026-04-06T17:33:05+00:00 Chapter 46, (2026 Laws): Effective date June 5, 2026.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/63c38726-1116-4086-bfac-7ad9badf1eb9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).