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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to utility ratepayer assistance."
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description: "Increases temporarily, by $10 million annually, funds collected by electric companies for low-income electric bill payment and crisis assistance. Sunsets temporary increase January 2, 2024."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
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legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
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session: "2021 Regular Session"
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identifier: "HB 2739"
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citation: "Oregon HB 2739 (2021 Regular Session)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David Gomberg"]
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version_count: 11
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00"
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last_action: "2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0278b93f-4581-4e0f-97a1-be505d0b9fa1"
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source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2739"
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source_hash: "85ad96628ef94fccc5fb7192d1ef868952b2bd7198a3ad6004250c3d12413b88"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-or"]
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---
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# Oregon HB 2739 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to utility ratepayer assistance.
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Increases temporarily, by $10 million annually, funds collected by electric companies for low-income electric bill payment and crisis assistance. Sunsets temporary increase January 2, 2024.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2739/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
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2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2739/Introduced)
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3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2739/A-Engrossed)
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4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2739/B-Engrossed)
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5. **C-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2739/C-Engrossed)
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6. **HHS Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/20006)
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7. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2739/House%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
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8. **JWM Amendment -A3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/21487)
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9. **SRULES Amendment -B4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/21615)
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10. **Senate Amendments to B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2739/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20B-Engrossed)
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11. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2739/Enrolled)
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## Votes
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- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed. — **16–11** (pass) · upper
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- Rules suspended. House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **38–18** (pass) · lower
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- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **3–2** (pass) · upper
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- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **30–14** (pass) · legislature
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- Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. — **37–18** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- David Gomberg — primary (person)
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- Lisa Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
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- Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
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- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
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- Tawna Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-20T04:40:25+00:00** Referred to Human Services. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-15T23:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing cancelled.
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- **2021-03-31T22:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
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- **2021-04-07T22:16:00+00:00** Work Session held.
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- **2021-04-12T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
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- **2021-04-16T17:53:22+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-16T17:53:23+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-14T19:40:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Transportation and Economic Development. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-16T15:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
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- **2021-06-16T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
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- **2021-06-18T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
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- **2021-06-23T18:24:11+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-24T17:33:17+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2021-06-25T04:25:32+00:00** Rules suspended. Rules suspended. Carried over to June 25, 2021 Calendar.
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- **2021-06-25T17:41:12+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-06-25T18:56:00+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-25T19:11:55+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-26T02:54:20+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. Referred to Rules by order of the President. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-26T02:54:21+00:00** Referred to Rules by order of the President. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-26T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
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- **2021-06-26T18:51:45+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the B-Eng. bill to resolve conflicts. (Printed C-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-06-26T20:42:34+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2021-06-26T20:51:25+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-06-26T22:22:23+00:00** Rules suspended. House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
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- **2021-06-29T20:32:46+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2021-06-30T21:39:37+00:00** President signed. `passage`
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- **2021-07-19T18:31:45+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 536, (2021 Laws): Effective date January 01, 2022.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0278b93f-4581-4e0f-97a1-be505d0b9fa1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).
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