Oregon House Bill 2468 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6)
Status: Failed on July 7 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-07-07 - In committee upon adjournment.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires Environmental Quality Commission to adopt by rule certain statewide greenhouse gas emissions limits by no later than January 1, 2018. Requires commission to adopt action plan for ensuring statewide greenhouse gas emissions do not exceed limits adopted by commission. Requires Department of Environmental Quality to periodically prepare reports to commission on best available climate science, to be used by commission in adopting and updating greenhouse gas emissions limits and related rules. Repeals provision granting certain exemptions from air pollution laws. Repeals provision relating to greenhouse gas emissions goals. Makes repeals operative January 1, 2018. Declares emergency, effective on passage.

Relating to air pollution; declaring an emergency.

Rep. Paul Holvey [D]	Rep. Philip Barnhart [D]	Rep. Ken Helm [D]	Rep. Alissa Keny-Guyer [D]
Rep. Robert Nosse [D]	Rep. Karin Power [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-07-07	House	In committee upon adjournment.
2017-03-01	House	Public Hearing held.
2017-01-17	House	Referred to Energy and Environment with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
2017-01-09	House	First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2468
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2468/Introduced