republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2025r1/hb-3148.md

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Bill	Relating to the availability of residential telecommunication services for low-income customers; and declaring an emergency.	Makes permanent the plan of assistance for low-income customers for telecommunication services. Renames the plan of assistance the Oregon Lifeline plan. Adds to the assistance provided to low-income customers a one-time personal computing device benefit for the purchase of an Internet-enabled computer and ancillary devices. Repeals the requirement but still permits the Public Utility Commission to use part of the surcharge assessed on retail telecommunications subscribers for marketing and outreach activities to increase participation in the plan of assistance. Repeals the Oregon Telephone Assistance Program Advisory Committee. Directs the commission to adopt rules to carry out the provisions of the Act not later than December 1, 2026. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2025R1	HB 3148	Oregon HB 3148 (2025R1)	bill		enacted	David Brock Smith Pam Marsh Rep Neron Sen Woods	8	22	4	2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00	2025-08-07T21:11:07+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/617c4f3e-326b-48ac-a3be-30b9f40c474b	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3148	2ef7aa9fe4ab8f8894f8c77f7e83500972b1dfc4c737e54bda4079be34a775ac	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon HB 3148 (2025R1) — Relating to the availability of residential telecommunication services for low-income customers; and declaring an emergency.

Makes permanent the plan of assistance for low-income customers for telecommunication services. Renames the plan of assistance the Oregon Lifeline plan. Adds to the assistance provided to low-income customers a one-time personal computing device benefit for the purchase of an Internet-enabled computer and ancillary devices. Repeals the requirement but still permits the Public Utility Commission to use part of the surcharge assessed on retail telecommunications subscribers for marketing and outreach activities to increase participation in the plan of assistance. Repeals the Oregon Telephone Assistance Program Advisory Committee. Directs the commission to adopt rules to carry out the provisions of the Act not later than December 1, 2026. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

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. HECDSB Amendment -1 (committee substitute) — source
6. House Amendments to A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
7. JWM Amendment -A3 (committee substitute) — source
8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third reading. Carried by Marsh. Passed. — 37–14 (pass) · lower
• Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Smith DB. Passed. — 24–3 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 32–8 (pass) · legislature
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 5–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David Brock Smith — primary (person)
• Pam Marsh — primary (person)
• Rep Neron — primary (person)
• Sen Woods — primary (person)
• Boomer Wright — cosponsor (person)
• Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
• David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
• Hai Pham — cosponsor (person)
• Jason Kropf — cosponsor (person)
• Tom Andersen — cosponsor (person)
• Willy Chotzen — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-01-17T20:47:46+00:00 Referred to Economic Development, Small Business, and Trade with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2025-03-12T15:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2025-03-26T15:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-04-01T19:29:49+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-01T19:29:50+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. referral-committee
• 2025-06-12T14:39:00+00:00 Assigned to Subcommittee On Capital Construction. referral-committee
• 2025-06-16T15:33:00+00:00 Returned to Full Committee.
• 2025-06-16T15:32:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-06-18T23:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2025-06-20T20:24:53+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-23T18:52:16+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2025-06-24T18:49:27+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Marsh. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2025-06-24T22:04:59+00:00 First reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-06-24T22:25:10+00:00 Referred to Ways and Means. referral-committee
• 2025-06-25T18:50:19+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-06-25T21:47:08+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2025-06-25T22:55:19+00:00 Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Smith DB. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2025-06-27T21:26:47+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2025-06-27T22:58:40+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2025-07-18T02:25:24+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2025-08-07T21:11:07+00:00 Chapter 502, (2025 Laws): Effective date July 17, 2025.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/617c4f3e-326b-48ac-a3be-30b9f40c474b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).