Oregon State Representative

Ken Helm 2026 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Legislative Session

Co-Sponsor of Legislation

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Oregon 2026 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB4002

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
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.
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Oregon 2026 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB4080

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Allows a retail electricity consumer to install and use portable solar photovoltaic energy devices with up to a total maximum generating capacity of 1,200 watts.
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Oregon 2026 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB4081

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Refer
2/18/26  
Refer
2/18/26  
Makes changes to the highway worker photo radar laws.
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Oregon 2026 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1582

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Requires each electric company to develop a distributed power plant program for the procurement of grid services to be provided by distributed energy resources.
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Oregon 2026 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1597

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
2/18/26  
Engrossed
2/24/26  
Refer
2/24/26  
Requires an electric utility to disclose to its customers the costs of storing nuclear waste produced by an energy facility in generating electricity.
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Oregon 2026 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1596

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
2/13/26  
Engrossed
2/19/26  
Refer
2/20/26  
Report Pass
2/25/26  
Enrolled
2/26/26  
Passed
3/5/26  
Chaptered
3/17/26  
Directs the State Board of Education to allow play-based learning to be considered instructional time for students in kindergarten through grade five.
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Oregon 2026 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1562

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
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.
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Oregon 2026 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1584

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Directs the Department of State Lands, in consultation with the State Department of Fish and Wildlife, to develop a salmon credit pilot program to encourage the voluntary restoration of salmonid habitat in the Coquille and Coos watershed basins.
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Oregon 2026 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1585

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
2/17/26  
Engrossed
2/19/26  
Refer
2/20/26  
Refer
2/26/26  
Refer
2/26/26  
Report Pass
3/6/26  
Enrolled
3/6/26  
Passed
4/7/26  
Chaptered
4/14/26  
Sets maximum matching fund requirements for state grants to small incorporated cities for certain capital construction and municipal infrastructure and improvements.
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Oregon 2026 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SB1590

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
2/13/26  
Engrossed
2/19/26  
Refer
2/20/26  
Report Pass
2/26/26  
Enrolled
3/2/26  
Passed
3/31/26  
Chaptered
4/6/26  
Prohibits public bodies from assisting the federal government with privatization of certain federally owned lands.
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Oregon 2026 Regular Session

Oregon Senate Bill SCR204

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Engrossed
2/11/26  
Refer
2/11/26  
Report Pass
2/20/26  
Honors the Association of Oregon Counties on the 120th anniversary of its founding.
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Oregon 2026 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB4034

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Report Pass
2/5/26  
Engrossed
2/11/26  
Refer
2/11/26  
Report Pass
2/23/26  
Enrolled
2/25/26  
Passed
3/5/26  
Chaptered
3/17/26  
Revises the definition of "animal rescue entity."
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Oregon 2026 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB4046

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Refer
2/17/26  
Refer
2/17/26  
Directs the State Department of Energy, subject to the availability of funding, to conduct a study on nuclear energy, including advanced nuclear reactors.

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Oregon 2026 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB4049

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Refer
2/17/26  
Refer
2/17/26  
Authorizes the Water Resources Commission to encourage and approve voluntary agreements between ground water users in the Greater Harney Valley Groundwater Area of Concern to achieve reasonably stable ground water levels.
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Oregon 2026 Regular Session

Oregon House Bill HB4105

Introduced
2/2/26  
Refer
2/2/26  
Refer
2/17/26  
Refer
2/17/26  
Directs the State Forester to determine the available state forestland, establish sustainable harvest levels for harvesting timber on state forestland and manage available state forestland.