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Oregon · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 3156: Relating to utilities.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 3156 is a bill introduced in the Oregon House on January 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to utilities. Primary sponsor: Jami Cate (Republican). It lists 6 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 11, 2025): Chapter 97, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

</b> </i>] [<i>Requires the Public Utility Commission to study utilities. Directs the commission to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to energy not later than September 15, 2026.</i>] [<i>Sunsets on January 2, 2027.</i>] <b>Requires each public utility to include with each utility bill the phone numbers for the Public Utility Commission's consumer services and website address for the commission's online consumer complaint form.</b>

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4 · Republican 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jami CatePrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse11
Farrah ChaichiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse35
Mark GambaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse41
Virgle OsborneCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse2
Khanh PhamCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate23
Werner ReschkeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Janeen SollmanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Chapter 97, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.
  2. Governor signed.
  3. President signed.
  4. Speaker signed.
  5. Third reading. Carried by Pham. Passed.
  6. Carried over to 05-08 by unanimous consent.
  7. Second reading.
  8. Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill.
  9. Work Session held.
  10. Public Hearing held.
  11. Referred to Labor and Business.
  12. First reading. Referred to President's desk.

Showing 12 most recent of 19 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source