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Laws · Oregon · H.B. 3698

H.B. 3698: Relating to data centers.

Oregon, 2025 Legislative Measures. Died at adjournment, June 27, 2025.

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Status Died at adjournment Died at adjournment, .

Official summary

No official summary is on file yet. The full text is on the legislature's page, linked below.

Description

This Act tells data centers to report how much water and electricity they use each quarter. The Act tells the EQC to adopt emissions rules for generators used at data centers. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Directs data centers to report water and electricity used to the Water Resources Department and the State Department of Energy. Requires the State Department of Energy to publish summaries of reported information on a website. Directs the Environmental Quality Commission to adopt emissions standards for standby generators used at data centers.

As published by the legislature, found through LegiScan, source 1. It is the legislature's own line about the measure, not a summary of it.

Measure Bill.

Sponsors Anna Scharf (R)

Subjects None on file. The legislature's own list.

Official page olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3698. Found through LegiScan (bill 1982174), whose data is CC BY 4.0; the citation is the legislature's own page.

What happened, and when

  1. June 27, 2025 Died at adjournment

    H.B. 3698 died when the session adjourned. olis.oregonlegislature.gov primary source [1] The official action text: In committee upon adjournment..

  2. February 27, 2025 In committee

    H.B. 3698 went to committee in the House. olis.oregonlegislature.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Referred to Climate, Energy, and Environment..

  3. February 25, 2025 Introduced

    H.B. 3698 was introduced in the House. olis.oregonlegislature.gov primary source [1] The official action text: First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk..

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Sources

  1. H.B. 3698 on the legislature's site olis.oregonlegislature.gov

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