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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to hydrogen; and declaring an emergency."
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description: "</b> </i>] [<i>Requires a public utility to obtain authorization from the Public Utility Commission to develop or carry out a project that involves the production or use of hydrogen in this state. Provides criteria that the commission shall use to evaluate a proposed project.</i>] <b>Requires a natural gas utility to provide notice to each customer of the utility and the Public Utility Commission if the utility plans to increase the amount of hydrogen that the utility blends with natural gas and the ratio of the volume of hydrogen to the volume of natural gas will, for the first time, be greater than 2.5 percent. Requires a natural gas utility that has a program for blending hydrogen with natural gas to maintain on the utility's website information regarding the utility's program and how a customer may communicate with the utility about the utility's program.</b> Declares an emergency, effective on passage."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
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legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
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session: "2025R1"
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identifier: "SB 685"
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citation: "Oregon SB 685 (2025R1)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Golden", "Khanh Pham"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-06-23T19:08:23+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/706e0239-0480-4cf5-83be-b9cf13a6750f"
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source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB685"
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source_hash: "b6c352b0d121598a3d26d7a2ef1ab85fd446850f0f2f0461d9a7f78c0e906762"
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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 SB 685 (2025R1) — Relating to hydrogen; and declaring an emergency.
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</b> </i>] [<i>Requires a public utility to obtain authorization from the Public Utility Commission to develop or carry out a project that involves the production or use of hydrogen in this state. Provides criteria that the commission shall use to evaluate a proposed project.</i>] <b>Requires a natural gas utility to provide notice to each customer of the utility and the Public Utility Commission if the utility plans to increase the amount of hydrogen that the utility blends with natural gas and the ratio of the volume of hydrogen to the volume of natural gas will, for the first time, be greater than 2.5 percent. Requires a natural gas utility that has a program for blending hydrogen with natural gas to maintain on the utility's website information regarding the utility's program and how a customer may communicate with the utility about the utility's program.</b> Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB685/Introduced)
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2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB685/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
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3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB685/A-Engrossed)
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4. **SEE Amendment -4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/28547)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB685/Enrolled)
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## Votes
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- Third reading. Carried by Gamba. Passed. — **32–22** (pass) · lower
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- Heard and Reported Out — **6–4** (pass) · lower
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- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–1** (pass) · upper
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- Third reading. Carried by Pham. Passed. — **20–9** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Jeff Golden — primary (person)
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- Khanh Pham — primary (person)
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- Chris Gorsek — cosponsor (person)
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- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Jules Walters — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathleen Taylor — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
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- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
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- Thuy Tran — cosponsor (person)
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- Willy Chotzen — cosponsor (person)
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- Wlnsvey Campos — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-17T22:13:22+00:00** Referred to Energy and Environment. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-10T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
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- **2025-02-12T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
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- **2025-04-09T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
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- **2025-04-16T22:25:36+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-17T18:01:44+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-21T18:38:45+00:00** Carried over to 04-22 by unanimous consent.
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- **2025-04-22T18:43:02+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Pham. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-22T23:19:24+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-24T21:11:12+00:00** Referred to Climate, Energy, and Environment. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-06T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
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- **2025-05-22T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
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- **2025-05-28T17:07:43+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-28T20:23:29+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-29T22:05:03+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 2, 2025 Calendar.
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- **2025-06-02T20:50:42+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 3, 2025 Calendar.
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- **2025-06-03T22:01:14+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gamba. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-05T19:43:29+00:00** President signed. `passage`
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- **2025-06-09T16:44:54+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
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- **2025-06-16T21:57:30+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-06-23T19:03:43+00:00** Chapter 328, 2025 Laws.
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- **2025-06-23T19:08:23+00:00** Effective date, June 16, 2025.
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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/706e0239-0480-4cf5-83be-b9cf13a6750f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).
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