HB 3161 — Prohibits a public utility from increasing the public utility's rates or schedules of rates if the public utility has, for a period of three or more years, outstanding or contingent liabilities arising out of wildfire-related litigation.
Congress · introduced 2024-12-31
Digest: Bans a public utility from raising rates if there are unresolved wildfire lawsuits for three or more years. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6). Prohibits a public utility from increasing the public utility's rates or schedules of rates if the public utility has, for a period of three or more years, outstanding or contingent liabilities arising out of wildfire-related litigation. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Latest action: — In House Committee
Sponsors
- Osborne, Virgle (R, OR-2) — sponsor
- Gomberg, David (D, OR-10) — sponsor
- Diehl, Ed (R, OR-17) — sponsor
- Cate, Jami (R, OR-11) — sponsor
- Nelson, Travis (D, OR-44) — cosponsor
- Lively, John (D, OR-7) — cosponsor
- Nguyen, Daniel (D, OR-38) — cosponsor
- Chotzen, Willy (D, OR-46) — cosponsor
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Inbound (8)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-31 | Cate, Jami | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Chotzen, Willy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Diehl, Ed | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Gomberg, David | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Lively, John | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Nelson, Travis | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Nguyen, Daniel | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Osborne, Virgle | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cate, Jami (R, state_lower OR-11) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Diehl, Ed (R, state_lower OR-17) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 3 | Gomberg, David (D, state_lower OR-10) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 4 | Osborne, Virgle (R, state_lower OR-2) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 5 | Chotzen, Willy (D, state_lower OR-46) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Lively, John (D, state_lower OR-7) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Nelson, Travis (D, state_lower OR-44) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Nguyen, Daniel (D, state_lower OR-38) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Nguyen, Daniel (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Nelson, Travis (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · sponsored by Cate, Jami (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Lively, John (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · sponsored by Gomberg, David (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · sponsored by Diehl, Ed (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Chotzen, Willy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · sponsored by Osborne, Virgle (sponsor) · sponsorship