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Oregon · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 685: Relating to hydrogen; and declaring an emergency.

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

SB 685 is a bill introduced in the Oregon Senate on January 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to hydrogen; and declaring an emergency. Primary sponsor: Khanh Pham (Democratic), Jeff Golden (Democratic). It lists 9 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 23, 2025): Effective date, June 16, 2025.

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 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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 11

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Khanh PhamPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate23
Jeff GoldenPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate3
Wlnsvey CamposCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate18
Willy ChotzenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse46
Mark GambaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse41
Chris GorsekCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate25
James ManningCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate7
Rob NosseCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Kathleen TaylorCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate21
Thuy TranCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse45
Jules WaltersCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse37

“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. Effective date, June 16, 2025.
  2. Chapter 328, 2025 Laws.
  3. Governor signed.
  4. Speaker signed.
  5. President signed.
  6. Third reading. Carried by Gamba. Passed.
  7. Rules suspended. Carried over to June 3, 2025 Calendar.
  8. Rules suspended. Carried over to June 2, 2025 Calendar.
  9. Second reading.
  10. Recommendation: Do pass.
  11. Work Session held.
  12. Public Hearing held.

Showing 12 most recent of 23 actions. Full history

Sources

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