SB 680 — Prohibits a person from publishing or causing to be published an environmental marketing claim, net zero claim or reputational advertising that is materially false, misleading, deceptive or fraudulent.
Congress · introduced 2024-12-31
Digest: Says that a person may not claim a good effect on the environment from the person or the person's products or services if the claim is not true. Says that a violation is a bad practice under the UTPA and that the person can get sued for $200 for the violation. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.5). Prohibits a person from publishing or causing to be published an environmental marketing claim, net zero claim or reputational advertising that is materially false, misleading, deceptive or fraudulent. Specifies what constitutes a materially false, misleading, deceptive or fraudulent environmental marketing claim or net zero claim or reputational advertising. Punishes a violation of the Act as an unlawful trade practice under the Unlawful Trade Practices Act and subjects the violator to statutory damages of $200 if a plaintiff can prove exposure to the claim or advertising and that the plaintiff purchased a product or service from the person based on the claim or advertising. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.
Latest action: — In Senate Committee
Sponsors
- Golden, Jeff (D, OR-3) — sponsor
- Manning Jr., James (D, OR-7) — sponsor
- Campos, Wlnsvey (D, OR-18) — cosponsor
- Frederick, Lew (D, OR-22) — cosponsor
- Gorsek, Chris (D, OR-25) — cosponsor
- Patterson, Deb (D, OR-10) — cosponsor
- Prozanski, Floyd (D, OR-4) — cosponsor
- Taylor, Kathleen (D, OR-21) — cosponsor
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Inbound (8)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-31 | Campos, Wlnsvey | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Frederick, Lew | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Golden, Jeff | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Gorsek, Chris | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Manning Jr., James | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Patterson, Deb | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Prozanski, Floyd | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2024-12-31 | Taylor, Kathleen | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | 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 | Golden, Jeff (D, state_upper OR-3) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Manning Jr., James (D, state_upper OR-7) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 3 | Campos, Wlnsvey (D, state_upper OR-18) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Frederick, Lew (D, state_upper OR-22) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Gorsek, Chris (D, state_upper OR-25) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Patterson, Deb (D, state_upper OR-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Prozanski, Floyd (D, state_upper OR-4) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Taylor, Kathleen (D, state_upper OR-21) | 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 · sponsored by Golden, Jeff (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Taylor, Kathleen (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Frederick, Lew (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Campos, Wlnsvey (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · sponsored by Manning Jr., James (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Gorsek, Chris (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Patterson, Deb (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2024-12-31 · cosponsored by Prozanski, Floyd (cosponsor) · sponsorship