Oregon 2025R1 Session Status: Enacted 11 D cosponsors

SB 685 — 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.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
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    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 25, 2026. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 11 sponsors

    2 primary, 9 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (11 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 4 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

<b>Digest: Makes a gas company give notice if the gas company plans to blend, for the first time, hydrogen with natural gas more than a certain amount. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.0).</b> [<i>Digest: Makes a public utility that wants to make or carry out a project with hydrogen to first get approval from the PUC. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.4).</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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Action History

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Sponsors

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2 sponsors · 9 co-sponsors · 79 not signed on · 29 voted No

Sponsors (2)

Co-sponsors (9)

Not signed on (79)

79 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Third reading. Carried by Gamba. Passed.

Passed 32 Yea · 22 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 28101
Republican 01903
Unaffiliated 4201
Total 322205
% of votes cast 54%37%0%8%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Rep Levy E — Yea
Rep Nguyen H — Not Voting
Rep Smith G — Nay
Rep Levy B — Nay
Rep Nguyen D — Yea
Rep Pham H — Yea
Rep Munoz — Yea
Andrea Valderrama Democrat Yea
Annessa Hartman Democrat Not Voting
April Dobson Democrat Yea
Ben Bowman Democrat Yea
Dacia Grayber Democrat Yea
David Gomberg Democrat Yea
Farrah Chaichi Democrat Yea
Jason Kropf Democrat Yea
John Lively Democrat Yea
Jules Walters Democrat Yea
Julie Fahey Democrat Yea
Ken Helm Democrat Nay
Lisa Fragala Democrat Yea
Mari Watanabe Democrat Yea
Mark Gamba Democrat Yea
Nancy Nathanson Democrat Yea
Nathan Sosa Democrat Yea
Pam Marsh Democrat Yea
Paul Evans Democrat Yea
Ricki Ruiz Democrat Yea
Rob Nosse Democrat Yea
Sarah McDonald Democrat Yea
Shannon Isadore Democrat Yea
Susan McLain Democrat Yea
Tawna Sanchez Democrat Yea
Thuy Tran Democrat Yea
Tom Andersen Democrat Yea
Travis Nelson Democrat Yea
Willy Chotzen Democrat Yea
Zach Hudson Democrat Yea
Alek Skarlatos Republican Nay
Anna Scharf Republican Nay
Boomer Wright Republican Nay
Christine Drazan Republican Nay
Court Boice Republican Nay
Cyrus Javadi Republican Nay
Darcey Edwards Republican Nay
Darin Harbick Republican Not Voting
Dwayne Yunker Republican Nay
E. Werner Reschke Republican Nay
Ed Diehl Republican Nay
Emily McIntire Republican Nay
Jami Cate Republican Nay
Jeffrey Helfrich Republican Not Voting
Kevin Mannix Republican Nay
Kim Wallan Republican Not Voting
Lucetta Elmer Republican Nay
Mark Owens Republican Nay
Rick Lewis Republican Nay
Shelly Boshart Davis Republican Nay
Vikki Breese-Iverson Republican Nay
Virgle Osborne Republican Nay

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Committee vote — HCEE

Passed 6 Yea · 4 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 5000
Republican 0301
Unaffiliated 1100
Total 6401
% of votes cast 55%36%0%9%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Rep Levy B — Nay
Rep Levy E — Yea
John Lively Democrat Yea
Ken Helm Democrat Yea
Mark Gamba Democrat Yea
Pam Marsh Democrat Yea
Tom Andersen Democrat Yea
Darcey Edwards Republican Nay
Kim Wallan Republican Not Voting
Mark Owens Republican Nay
Virgle Osborne Republican Nay

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Third reading. Carried by Pham. Passed.

Passed 20 Yea · 9 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 16000
Republican 2900
Unaffiliated 2000
Total 20900
% of votes cast 69%31%0%0%
How each member voted (29)
Member Party Vote
Sen Smith DB — Yea
Sen Pham — Yea
Anthony Broadman Democrat Yea
Chris Gorsek Democrat Yea
Deb Patterson Democrat Yea
Floyd Prozanski Democrat Yea
James Manning Jr. Democrat Yea
Janeen Sollman Democrat Yea
Jeff Golden Democrat Yea
Kate Lieber Democrat Yea
Kathleen Taylor Democrat Yea
Kayse Jama Democrat Yea
Lew Frederick Democrat Yea
Lisa Reynolds Democrat Yea
Mark Meek Democrat Yea
Rob Wagner Democrat Yea
Sara Gelser Blouin Democrat Yea
Wlnsvey Campos Democrat Yea
Bruce Starr Republican Nay
Cedric Hayden Republican Yea
Daniel Bonham Republican Nay
Diane Linthicum Republican Nay
Dick Anderson Republican Yea
Fred Girod Republican Nay
Kim Thatcher Republican Nay
Mike McLane Republican Nay
Noah Robinson Republican Nay
Suzanne Weber Republican Nay
Todd Nash Republican Nay

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Subjects

public-safety environment technology energy
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 685 do?
<b>Digest: Makes a gas company give notice if the gas company plans to blend, for the first time, hydrogen with natural gas more than a certain amount. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.0).</b> [<i>Digest: Makes a public utility that wants to make or carry out a project with hydrogen to first get approval from the PUC. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.4).</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.
Who sponsors SB 685?
SB 685 is sponsored by Khanh Pham (Democrat), Jeff Golden (Democrat), Wlnsvey Campos (Democrat), Chris Gorsek (Democrat), James Manning Jr. (Democrat), Kathleen Taylor (Democrat), Willy Chotzen (Democrat), Mark Gamba (Democrat), Rob Nosse (Democrat), Jules Walters (Democrat), and Thuy Tran (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 685?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 25, 2026. Enacted.
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