Permits the Electrical and Elevator Board to enter into agreements with municipalities to share responsibility for enforcing the Electrical Safety…
- Introduced Jan 13, 2025
- In committee Jan 17, 2025
- Died
- Passed the House
- To the governor
- Became law
What it does
The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.
Lets a state agency agree with a local agency how to share duties for enforcing the Electrical Safety Law. Sets higher fines for not obeying the building code. Lets the state agency that governs contractors keep more of the money it collects as fines for breaking the law. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Permits the Electrical and Elevator Board to enter into agreements with municipalities to share responsibility…
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Lets a state agency agree with a local agency how to share duties for enforcing the Electrical Safety Law. Sets higher fines for not obeying the building code. Lets the state agency that governs contractors keep more of the money it collects as fines for breaking the law. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Permits the Electrical and Elevator Board to enter into agreements with municipalities to share responsibility for enforcing the Electrical Safety Law. Permits the Construction Contractors Board to retain a higher percentage of the proceeds of civil penalties the Construction Contractors Board imposes. Raises the amount of a civil penalty that the Department of Consumer and Business Services may impose for a violation of the state building code from $5,000 per violation to $7,500.
Read the full official title (21 words)
Permits the Electrical and Elevator Board to enter into agreements with municipalities to share responsibility for enforcing the Electrical Safety Law.
Every action
7 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.
- SenateIntroduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
- CommitteeReferred to Labor and Business. · Senate Labor and Business
- CommitteePublic Hearing held. · Senate Labor and Business
- CommitteeWork Session held. · Senate Labor and Business
- CommitteeRecommendation: Do Pass and be referred to Ways and Means. · Senate Labor and Business
- CommitteeReferred to Ways and Means by order of the President. · Joint Ways and Means
- SenateIn committee upon adjournment.
Roll calls
1 recorded vote: 0 on the floor, 1 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.
Committee votes
| Date | Where | Question | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 2025 | Senate Labor and Business | Recommendation: Do Pass and be referred to Ways and Means. | 5–0 |
Sponsors
The member who introduced it.
- MM Mark MeekD Primary sponsor · District 20
From Oregon's official records (api.oregonlegislature.gov), checked Nov 13, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.