SB1080 • 2025

Prevents local governments or state agencies from prohibiting natural gas use or other energy options in or availability for new or existing residential or commercial buildings.

Energy

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Senator Anderson
Last action: 2025-06-27
Official status: In Senate Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Prevents local governments or state agencies from prohibiting natural gas use or other energy options in or availability for new or existing residential or commercial buildings.

Digest: This Act prohibits local or agency bans of energy use.

What This Bill Does

Digest: This Act prohibits local or agency bans of energy use.
(Flesch Readability Score: 61.2).
Prevents local governments or state agencies from prohibiting natural gas use or other energy options in or availability for new or existing residential or commercial buildings.
Relating to: Relating to regulation of energy use in buildings.

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Bill History

2025-06-27 Senate
In committee upon adjournment.
2025-02-25 Senate
Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
2025-02-25 Senate
Referred to Energy and Environment.

Official Summary Text

Digest: This Act prohibits local or agency bans of energy use. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.2).
Prevents local governments or state agencies from prohibiting natural gas use or other energy options in or availability for new or existing residential or commercial buildings.
Relating to: Relating to regulation of energy use in buildings.
Current location: In Senate Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 1080
Sponsored by Senator ANDERSON
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 prohibits local or agency bans of energy use. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.2).
Prevents local governments or state agencies from prohibiting natural gas use or other energy
options in or availability for new or existing residential or commercial buildings.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to regulation of energy use in buildings.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
Section 2 of this 2025 Act is added to and made a part of ORS chapter 197.
SECTION 2. A local government may not adopt or enforce any land use regulation or
other ordinance, and a state agency may not adopt any rule other than regulations adopted
pursuant to the state building code for the purposes provided in ORS 455.020, that has the
effect of:
(1) Prohibiting the installation or use of natural gas in existing or new residential or
commercial buildings;
(2) Prohibiting the installation of natural gas infrastructure serving lands zoned to allow
for residential or commercial uses; or
(3) Otherwise limiting the access, installation or use of any energy options in existing or
new residential or commercial buildings.
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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