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Read. Follow. Verify.Oregon House Bill 4129 caps low carbon fuel standards and blocks local fossil fuel terminal bans
Last action · March 6, 2026: In committee upon adjournment.Sponsors: Rep Boshart Davis and 2 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Digest: This Act caps low carbon fuel standards at a ten percent reduction and stops local governments from banning large fuel tanks. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.6). Limits greenhouse gas emission reductions, for purposes of low carbon fuel standards, to 10 percent below 2010 levels. Prohibits local governments from prohibiting or limiting the storage capacity of fossil fuel terminals. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
The measure establishes a permanent ceiling on state clean fuel targets and strips local municipalities of authority to restrict fossil fuel storage facilities on industrially zoned land, directly overriding municipal zoning rules across the state.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Fuel importers
Fuel importers are subject to low carbon fuel standards unless they import less than 500,000 gallons annually.
Local governments
Local governments are barred from enacting bans or storage capacity limits on fossil fuel terminals on industrial lands.
Industrial facility operators
Industrial operators gain protection from local land use regulations that would otherwise restrict fossil fuel storage and terminal development.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does HB 4129 do to low carbon fuel standards?
Can local cities or counties ban large fuel storage tanks under this bill?
Are small fuel importers exempt from the standards?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Mar 6, 2026HouseIn committee upon adjournment.
- Feb 2, 2026HouseReferred to Climate, Energy, and Environment.
- Feb 2, 2026HouseFirst reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
Version history
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Preemption of Local Fuel Infrastructure Bans
The legislation explicitly prohibits local municipalities from using land use regulations or natural hazard rules to restrict fossil fuel terminal development or storage capacity.
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Sources
olis.oregonlegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy75Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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