Oregon - Session 2026R1
Title: Requires producers of batteries or battery-containing products to join a battery producer responsibility organization and implement a battery producer responsibility program for the collection and recycling of batteries.
This Act says that makers of batteries must carry out a plan to collect and recycle batteries. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Requires producers of batteries or battery-containing products to join a battery producer responsibility organization and implement a battery producer responsibility program for the collection and recycling of batteries. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to administer and enforce requirements of the Act. Establishes the Battery Producer Responsibility Fund. Imposes civil penalties for violations of the Act.
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-02 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-02-23 | Status | in_committee |
| 2026-02-23 | Latest Action | Returned to Full Committee. |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HB 4134 | Increases the state transient lodging tax. | passed_lower |
| HB 4004 | Provides that additional taxes otherwise imposed upon disqualification of land from certain forestland special assessment programs may not be collected if the disqualification is due to the suspension of reforestation requirements as a result of insects or disease. | introduced |
| HB 4076 | Requires the Energy Facility Siting Council to find that reasons justify why the state policy in applicable statewide planning goals should not apply to a proposed energy facility if the council finds that the proposed energy facility will deliver electricity to the electric grid using an existing energy facility's surplus interconnection and does not require associated transmission lines more than two miles from the existing energy facility. | in_committee |
| HB 4035 | Expands eligibility for cities and Metro to amend their urban growth boundaries under a temporary program. | in_committee |
| HB 4037 | Adjusts certain terms of the revolving loan program for cities and counties to fund affordable housing projects. | in_committee |
| HB 4030 | Exempts packaging for certain berries and meat, poultry, fish and seafood from producer responsibility requirements for packaging, paper and food serviceware. | in_committee |
| SB 1541 | Establishes the Climate Superfund Cost Recovery Program as an interagency response to the effects of climate change. | in_committee |
| HB 4113 | Requires the Department of Land Conservation and Development to study housing development opportunities conditioned upon land conservation. | introduced |