Helm, Ken

Legislator (1)

Committee assignments

• Oregon House Climate, Energy, and Environment Committee

Activity

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1. 2025-06-16 · sponsored Makes counties approve applications to site renewable energy facilities filed before June 1, 2025, without applying the statewide land use planning goal related to agricultural use. (sponsor) · sponsorship
2. 2025-05-23 · cosponsored Prohibits a research facility from using public funds to directly fund medically unnecessary laboratory research on dogs or cats that is classified under certain pain and distress categories. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
3. 2025-04-15 · cosponsored Limits to 25 the number of legislative measures that a member of the Legislative Assembly may ask the Legislative Counsel to prepare for a regular session of the Legislative Assembly that begins in an odd-numbered year. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
4. 2025-04-14 · cosponsored Allows city and county services for which net local transient lodging tax revenue may be used to be provided either directly by the city or county or indirectly by a special district. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
5. 2025-03-28 · cosponsored Commends the Legislative Commission on Indian Services on its 50th anniversary. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
6. 2025-03-17 · cosponsored Allows an exclusion from the Oregon taxable estate of a surviving spouse for the unused portion of exclusion that applied to the prior deceased spouse of the decedent. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
7. 2025-03-16 · cosponsored Prohibits a person from taking a beaver on waters or watersheds that are classified in a certain manner or on public land that is within the watersheds or within 200 feet of the ordinary high water mark of the waters. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
8. 2025-03-12 · cosponsored Modifies requirements for the summer learning program. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
9. 2025-03-04 · cosponsored Expands the justifications for a domestic water supply district to exercise the powers of a sanitary district. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
10. 2025-02-26 · sponsored Requires the State Department of Energy to study avoided costs paid to qualifying facilities under the federal Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act compared with the costs incurred by investor-owned utilities to acquire or maintain renewable energy generation facilities. (sponsor) · sponsorship
11. 2025-02-26 · sponsored Imposes additional personal income tax. (sponsor) · sponsorship
12. 2025-02-26 · sponsored Requires 10 percent of the electricity sold in this state by each electric company that makes sales to 25,000 or more retail electricity consumers to be generated by small-scale renewable energy facilities or certain biomass facilities. (sponsor) · sponsorship
13. 2025-02-26 · sponsored Requires the Public Utility Commission to establish an eligibility cap at no less than 10 megawatts for the use of standard avoided costs rates and contracts for the purchase of energy or energy and capacity from qualifying facilities under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978. (sponsor) · sponsorship
14. 2025-02-26 · sponsored Increases from 50 megawatts to 100 megawatts the minimum size that a wind energy facility needs to be before a wind energy facility is required to obtain a site certificate from the Energy Facility Siting Council. (sponsor) · sponsorship
15. 2025-02-25 · sponsored Requires the State Department of Energy tostudy developing certain renewable energy projects in this state. (sponsor) · sponsorship
16. 2025-02-25 · cosponsored Establishes the Task Force on Municipal Solid Waste in the Willamette Valley. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
17. 2025-02-25 · cosponsored Directs the Public Utility Commission to establish a pilot program that allows each natural gas company to develop a utility-scale thermal energy network pilot project to provide heating and cooling services to customers. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
18. 2025-02-25 · sponsored Authorizes the Water Resources Commission to approve a Deschutes River water bank pilot program. (sponsor) · sponsorship
19. 2025-02-25 · sponsored Makes certain changes related to voluntary agreements among ground water users. (sponsor) · sponsorship
20. 2025-02-25 · sponsored Renames the "Greater Harney Valley Groundwater Area of Concern" the "Harney Basin Groundwater Management Area." (sponsor) · sponsorship
21. 2025-02-25 · cosponsored Authorizes the Environmental Quality Commission and the Department of Environmental Quality to allow for a mixing zone to meet bacteria water quality criteria in a permit applicable to a seafood processing facility. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
22. 2025-02-24 · sponsored Allows a physician or physician associate to use telemedicine to practice medicine or provide health care services under specified circumstances to a patient located out of state. (sponsor) · sponsorship
23. 2025-02-23 · sponsored Directs the Environmental Quality Commission to adopt by rule standards for certification of sewage treatment works operators from nonreciprocal states, provinces or other certifying entities. (sponsor) · sponsorship
24. 2025-02-23 · sponsored Directs the Water Resources Department to study water management issues. (sponsor) · sponsorship
25. 2025-02-23 · sponsored Directs the Water Resources Department to study water management in the Harney Basin. (sponsor) · sponsorship
26. 2025-02-23 · sponsored Directs the Water Resources Department to study critical ground water areas. (sponsor) · sponsorship
27. 2025-02-23 · sponsored Directs the Water Resources Department to study the use of voluntary agreements for ground water management. (sponsor) · sponsorship
28. 2025-02-23 · sponsored Directs the Water Resources Department to study rules related to water. (sponsor) · sponsorship
29. 2025-02-20 · cosponsored Increases fees related to livestock brands. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
30. 2025-02-20 · cosponsored Requires the Energy Facility Siting Council to conclude a contested case and issue a final order within 12 months from the date of a proposed order. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
31. 2025-02-19 · cosponsored Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to develop a program for examination and certification of operators of lagoon wastewater treatment systems. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
32. 2025-02-18 · sponsored Establishes the Water Workforce Program in the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to support workforce development initiatives within the water workforce. (sponsor) · sponsorship
33. 2025-02-14 · cosponsored Requires each electric company to develop a distributed power plant program for the procurement of grid services to be provided by distributed energy resources. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
34. 2025-02-13 · cosponsored Provides that a person must be 18 years of age or older in order for the person to commit the crime of prostitution. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
35. 2025-02-13 · cosponsored Creates a civil cause of action against a person who removes a condom without the consent of the plaintiff. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
36. 2025-02-13 · cosponsored Increases the penalties for the crime of strangulation constituting a felony. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
37. 2025-02-13 · cosponsored Removes the statute of limitations for most felony sex crimes. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
38. 2025-02-13 · cosponsored Requires the sentencing court to consider as mitigation evidence whether the defendant was subjected to domestic violence that was ongoing when the criminal behavior occurred and was a significant factor in the criminal behavior, and the criminal behavior was directed against the domestic violence perpetrator. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
39. 2025-02-13 · cosponsored Directs the Department of Land Conservation and Development to take certain actions related to rocky habitat management. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
40. 2025-02-13 · cosponsored Establishes the Task Force on Eelgrass Resources. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
41. 2025-02-13 · cosponsored Modifies the qualifications for certain statutes of limitations for civil actions based on allowing, permitting or encouraging child abuse and sexual assault. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
42. 2025-02-12 · sponsored Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Business Development Department to update the inventory of community infrastructure project needs related to the production of new housing and prepare reports on the inventory update and the processes and programs for maintaining inventories of, and providing funding for, drinking water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure projects. (sponsor) · sponsorship
43. 2025-02-12 · sponsored Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Water Resources Department for specified purposes relating to water resources data collection and monitoring for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025. (sponsor) · sponsorship
44. 2025-02-12 · sponsored Appropriates moneys to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution to Oregon State University for purposes of the Institute for Water and Watersheds. (sponsor) · sponsorship
45. 2025-02-10 · cosponsored Expands areas where a child care facility may be sited. (cosponsor) · sponsorship
46. 2025-02-07 · sponsored Appropriates moneys to the Department of Environmental Quality to conduct activities related to ballast water to prevent the introduction of aquatic invasive species. (sponsor) · sponsorship
47. 2025-02-07 · sponsored Establishes uniform processes for hearing contested case proceedings relating to the use of water. (sponsor) · sponsorship
48. 2025-02-06 · sponsored Appropriates moneys from the General Fund to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for distribution to the University of Oregon and Portland State University for water-related research and grants. (sponsor) · sponsorship
49. 2025-02-06 · sponsored Requires, for each dwelling unit rented by a landlord for which the source of drinking water is an exempt well in a ground water quality management area, that the landlord collect and test samples of drinking water from the dwelling unit for arsenic, coliform bacteria, lead and nitrates. (sponsor) · sponsorship
50. 2025-02-06 · sponsored Directs the Commission on Indian Services to employ a natural resources management tribal liaison officer to facilitate opportunities for integrated natural resources management between Indian tribes and state agencies with natural resources management duties. (sponsor) · sponsorship

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