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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 1145
Sponsored by Senator SMITH DB
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: Make ODOE do a study on energy and submit a report. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9).
Requires the State Department of Energy to study energy. Directs the department to submit
findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to energy not later than
September 15, 2026.
Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to energy.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. The State Department of Energy shall study energy. The department shall
submit a report in the manner provided by ORS 192.245, and may include recommendations
for legislation, to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to energy no
later than September 15, 2026.
SECTION 2.Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2027.
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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