Oregon 2025R1 Session Status: In Committee 1 D cosponsors

HB 2909 — Establishes the Oregon Public Utility Homeland Security Commission within the Oregon Department of Emergency Management.

Last action — In House Committee

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced January 27, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the House.

Prognosis

Stalled 16% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Low

How often bills like it became law.

  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Summary

Digest: The Act creates the OPUHSC as part of the ODEM. (Flesch Readability Score: 95.1). Establishes the Oregon Public Utility Homeland Security Commission within the Oregon Department of Emergency Management. Establishes the Oregon Public Utility Homeland Security Fund. Establishes a grant program for the purpose of providing financial assistance to consumer-owned utilities for developing projects associated with natural disaster mitigation, prevention, response and recovery. Authorizes the issuance of lottery bonds to finance projects associated with natural disaster mitigation, prevention, response and recovery.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. In House Committee

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 89 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (89)

89 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Subjects

public-safety environment energy
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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 2909 do?
Digest: The Act creates the OPUHSC as part of the ODEM. (Flesch Readability Score: 95.1). Establishes the Oregon Public Utility Homeland Security Commission within the Oregon Department of Emergency Management. Establishes the Oregon Public Utility Homeland Security Fund. Establishes a grant program for the purpose of providing financial assistance to consumer-owned utilities for developing projects associated with natural disaster mitigation, prevention, response and recovery. Authorizes the issuance of lottery bonds to finance projects associated with natural disaster mitigation, prevention, response and recovery.
Who sponsors HB 2909?
HB 2909 is sponsored by Paul Evans (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 2909?
This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced January 27, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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