SB 1597 — Requires an electric utility to disclose to its customers the costs of storing nuclear waste produced by an energy facility in generating electricity.
Congress · introduced 2026-01-20
<b>Digest: Makes a power provider tell the public the costs to store nuclear waste made from making electric power. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6).</b> [<i>Digest: Makes a power provider disclose the costs to store the waste made from making electric power. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.6).</i>] Requires an electric utility to disclose to its customers the costs of storing [<i>the</i>]<b> nuclear</b> waste produced by an energy facility in generating electricity. Requires a person who develops an energy facility to disclose to the electric utility and the public the costs of storing [<i>the</i>]<b> any nuclear</b> waste produced by the energy facility in generating electricity. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Latest action: — In House Committee
Sponsors
- Frederick, Lew (D, OR-22) — sponsor
- Manning Jr., James (D, OR-7) — sponsor
- Gamba, Mark (D, OR-41) — sponsor
- Golden, Jeff (D, OR-3) — cosponsor
- Jama, Kayse (D, OR-24) — cosponsor
- Prozanski, Floyd (D, OR-4) — cosponsor
- Andersen, Tom (D, OR-19) — cosponsor
- Helm, Ken (D, OR-27) — cosponsor
- Isadore, Shannon (D, OR-33) — cosponsor
- Nelson, Travis (D, OR-44) — cosponsor
- Pham, Hai (D, OR-36) — cosponsor
- Wise, Lamar (D, OR-48) — cosponsor
- Nguyen, Daniel (D, OR-38) — cosponsor
- Patterson, Deb (D, OR-10) — cosponsor
Action timeline
- · state_upper — Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
- · state_upper — Referred to Energy and Environment.
- · state_upper — Public Hearing Scheduled.
- · state_upper — Public Hearing held.
- · state_upper — Work Session held.
- · state_upper — Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.)
- · state_upper — Second reading.
- · state_upper — Carried over to 02-23 by unanimous consent.
- · state_upper — Carried over to 02-24 by unanimous consent.
- · state_upper — Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed.
- · state_lower — First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
- · state_lower — Referred to Rules.
- · state_lower — Public Hearing held.
- · state_lower — In committee upon adjournment.
Text versions
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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 | Frederick, Lew (D, state_upper OR-22) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Gamba, Mark (D, state_lower OR-41) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 3 | Manning Jr., James (D, state_upper OR-7) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 4 | Andersen, Tom (D, state_lower OR-19) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Golden, Jeff (D, state_upper OR-3) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Helm, Ken (D, state_lower OR-27) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Isadore, Shannon (D, state_lower OR-33) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Jama, Kayse (D, state_upper OR-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Nelson, Travis (D, state_lower OR-44) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Nguyen, Daniel (D, state_lower OR-38) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Patterson, Deb (D, state_upper OR-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Pham, Hai (D, state_lower OR-36) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Prozanski, Floyd (D, state_upper OR-4) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Wise, Lamar (D, state_lower OR-48) | 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