HB3102 • 2025

Directs the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study certain impacts of damages from wildfire.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Representative Owens, Representative Boice,, Breese-Iverson,, Elmer,, Harbick,, Levy B,, McIntire,
Last action: 2025-06-27
Official status: In House Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Directs the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study certain impacts of damages from wildfire.

Digest: The Act tells an agency to study certain impacts from wildfire damages.

What This Bill Does

Digest: The Act tells an agency to study certain impacts from wildfire damages.
The Act tells the agency to report on the study.
(Flesch Readability Score: 64.9).
Directs the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study certain impacts of damages from wildfire.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-06-27 House
In committee upon adjournment.
2025-04-09 House
Without recommendation as to passage, be referred to Rules, and then to Ways and Means by prior reference.
2025-04-09 House
Referred to Rules by order of Speaker and then Ways and Means by prior reference.
2025-04-03 House
Work Session held.
2025-01-17 House
Referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
2025-01-13 House
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: The Act tells an agency to study certain impacts from wildfire damages. The Act tells the agency to report on the study. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9).
Directs the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study certain impacts of damages from wildfire. Directs the department to submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to natural resources not later than September 15, 2026.
Sunsets January 2, 2027.
Relating to: Relating to damages incurred as a result of wildfire.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3102
Sponsored by Representative OWENS (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 tells an agency to study certain impacts from wildfire damages. The Act tells
the agency to report on the study. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.9).
Directs the Department of Consumer and Business Services to study certain impacts of damages
from wildfire. Directs the department to submit a report to the interim committees of the Legislative
Assembly related to natural resources not later than September 15, 2026.
Sunsets January 2, 2027.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to damages incurred as a result of wildfire.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
(1) The Department of Consumer and Business Services shall study the im-
pact of wildfire damages on:
(a) The cost of, and access to, capital and insurance for electric utilities;
(b) The affordability of electricity for electric utility customers;
(c) The long-term solvency of electric utilities in Oregon; and
(d) The long-term capacity of electric utilities to deliver electricity in Oregon.
(2) The department shall submit a report on the study in the manner provided by ORS
192.245, and may include recommendations for legislation, to the interim committees of the
Legislative Assembly related to natural resources 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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