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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2914
Sponsored by Representative EVANS (Presession filed.)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced.The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: This Act creates a task force to study how to make pipelines and associated storage
units secure. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1).
Establishes the Task Force on Secure Pipelines and Associated Storage Units and Terminals.
Directs the task force to study matters related to safe transportation, storage and transference of
petroleum, natural gas and other flammable substances through pipelines, in associated storage units
and at associated terminals. Directs the task force to submit a report to the interim committees of
the Legislative Assembly related to emergency preparedness no later than December 15, 2026.
Sunsets December 31, 2026.
Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to pipeline security; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. (1) The Task Force on Secure Pipelines and Associated Storage Units and
Terminals is established, consisting of 17 members. One of the members must be the State
Resilience Officer or the State Resilience Officer’s designee. One of the members must be
the State Fire Marshal or the State Fire Marshal’s designee. The remaining members must
be appointed as follows:
(a) The President of the Senate shall appoint one nonvoting member from among mem-
bers of the Senate.
(b) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint one nonvoting member
from among members of the House of Representatives.
(c) The Governor shall appoint:
(A) One member from the Department of Environmental Quality;
(B) One member from the Department of Transportation;
(C) One member from the Oregon Department of Emergency Management;
(D) One member from the Oregon Military Department;
(E) One member from the Public Utility Commission;
(F) One member from the State Department of Agriculture;
(G) One member from the State Department of Energy;
(H) One member who represents counties or federally recognized Indian tribes and who
is knowledgeable about emergency management;
(I) One member who represents cities and who is knowledgeable about emergency man-
agement;
(J) Two members who represent petroleum suppliers and who are knowledgeable about
laws and regulations regarding pipeline infrastructure and safety administered by the federal
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; and
NOTE:Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
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(K) Two members who represent the natural gas industry and who are knowledgeable
about laws and regulations regarding pipeline infrastructure and safety administered by the
federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
(2) The task force shall study and make a report on:
(a) State and federal safety standards for pipelines, associated storage units and termi-
nals and other associated facilities;
(b) Technologies and processes that provide for the safe transportation of petroleum,
natural gas and other flammable substances through pipelines;
(c) Technologies and processes that provide for the safekeeping of petroleum, natural gas
and other flammable substances in storage units and terminals associated with pipelines;
(d) The degree to which technologies and processes studied under paragraphs (b) and (c)
of this subsection will mitigate potential dangers posed by seismic activity and other natural
catastrophes to pipelines, associated storage units and terminals and other associated facil-
ities;
(e) The costs associated with using technologies and processes studied under paragraphs
(b) and (c) of this subsection when constructing new pipelines, associated storage units and
terminals and other associated facilities;
(f) The costs that would be incurred by using those technologies and processes studied
under paragraphs (b) and (c) of this subsection to retrofit existing pipelines, associated
storage units and terminals and other associated facilities;
(g) Mandates that may be imposed to require using technologies and processes studied
under paragraphs (b) and (c) of this subsection to construct or retrofit intrastate pipelines,
associated storage units and terminals and other associated facilities;
(h) Incentives that may be used to encourage using technologies and processes studied
under paragraphs (b) and (c) of this subsection to construct or retrofit interstate and
intrastate pipelines, associated storage units and terminals and other associated facilities;
(i) Recommendations related to conducting seismic vulnerability assessments of pipe-
lines, associated storage units and terminals and other associated facilities;
(j) Recommendations related to developing and implementing mitigation plans in the
event that seismic activity or another natural catastrophe damages a pipeline, associated
storage unit or terminal or other associated facility;
(k) Recommendations related to designating an oversight authority in the event that
seismic activity or another natural catastrophe damages a pipeline, associated storage unit
or terminal or other associated facility; and
(L) Recommendations related to creating a culture of preparedness with respect to the
occurrence of a pipeline, associated storage unit or terminal or other associated facility be-
ing damaged as a result of seismic activity or another natural catastrophe.
(3) A majority of the voting members of the task force constitutes a quorum for the
transaction of business.
(4) Official action by the task force requires the approval of a majority of the voting
members of the task force.
(5) The task force shall elect one of its voting members to serve as chairperson.
(6) If there is a vacancy for any cause, the appointing authority shall make an appoint-
ment to become immediately effective.
(7) The task force shall meet at times and places specified by the call of the chairperson
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or of a majority of the voting members of the task force.
(8) The task force may adopt rules necessary for the operation of the task force.
(9) The task force shall submit a report in the manner provided by ORS 192.245, and may
include recommendations for legislation, to an interim committee of the Legislative Assem-
bly related to emergency preparedness no later than December 15, 2026.
(10) The Oregon Military Department shall provide staff support to the task force.
(11) Members of the task force who are not members of the Legislative Assembly are not
entitled to compensation or reimbursement for expenses and serve as volunteers on the task
force.
(12) All agencies of state government, as defined in ORS 174.111, are directed to assist
the task force in the performance of its duties and, to the extent permitted by laws relating
to confidentiality, to furnish such information and advice as the members of the task force
consider necessary to perform their duties.
SECTION 2. Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on December 31, 2026.
SECTION 3.This 2025 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2025 Act takes effect
on its passage.
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