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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 636
Sponsored by Senator BONHAM (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: The Act would require the Department of Transportation to study the creation of a road
usage charge to ensure that electric and hybrid vehicles pay their fair share for the wear they cause
to Oregon highways. The Act would require a report to be turned in next year. (Flesch Readability
Score:62.6).
Requires the Department of Transportation to study the creation of a road usage charge to en-
sure that electric and hybrid motor vehicles pay their equitable share for the wear they cause to
the highways in Oregon. Directs the department to submit a report of the study to the interim
committees of the Legislative Assembly related to transportation no later than September 15, 2026.
Sunsets January 2, 2027.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to payment for use of the roads by electric motor vehicles.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. The Department of Transportation shall conduct a study of the creation of
a road usage charge, administered by a private sector partner, to ensure that electric and
hybrid motor vehicles pay their equitable share for the wear they cause to the highways in
Oregon. The department shall submit a report of its findings to the interim committees of
the Legislative Assembly related to transportation in the manner provided under ORS 192.245
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SECTION 2.Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2027.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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