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OregonSB 9922025 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

Relating to beverage containers; and declaring an emergency.

Sponsored By: Sponsor information unavailable

Signed by Governor

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

7 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 4 mixed.

More return locations and public input

Beginning October 1, 2025, full-service return centers can gain approval in commercial or industrial areas, or near dealers for greater convenience. The state must find that the center provides convenient service. Applicants must notify local state lawmakers and provide a community engagement plan; approval orders must confirm that notice. The public gets a chance to comment on convenience before approval and during reviews or withdrawal decisions. Dealer return centers can also serve dealers inside state-designated convenience zones, not just outside them.

Return centers leave one regulatory category

Full-service, dealer, and alternative access return centers are excluded from the state's commingled recycling processing facility category. Recycling facilities owned and operated by distributor cooperatives are also excluded. This narrows that category's reach without changing household refund amounts.

Bulk return refunds can take a week

Dealer return centers must provide an on-site account system for bulk returns. The refund must be available no later than one week after drop-off. The law removes the prior alternative of immediate cash payment from a participating dealer. Refund amounts are unchanged, but people using bulk returns may wait for their money.

Low-volume areas get new return rules

The state must combine two convenience zones into one low-impact zone when return-volume and operating-history tests are met. Prior-year returns at dealers of at least 5,000 square feet in the second zone must fall below 3% of center returns. The center must have operated three years or show that return volumes have settled at a consistent rate. Dealers under 5,000 square feet may refuse more than 24 containers per person per day. Larger dealers may refuse returns only if they participate in, receive service from, and pay for the center. The state must review zones by January 1, 2026; new dealers must give 60 days' notice and support any exemption claim.

Mobile return sites offer cash refunds

Approved alternative access center operators can seek approval for mobile or satellite return sites with their distributor cooperative sponsor's support. The state must find that sites provide convenient access for people returning containers daily or nearly daily. Sites must keep consistent days and hours at fixed locations and pay refunds in cash when containers are returned. Sites must be outside the center's convenience zone and no farther than 5 miles from the center. The state cannot accept applications before January 1, 2026.

New return centers for frequent redeemers

The state can approve nonprofit alternative access return centers in cities with more than 500,000 people. Centers need a distributor cooperative sponsor and must serve people returning containers daily or nearly daily. They must accept up to 350 containers per person daily and hand-count up to 50. They may offer drop-off service for at least 125 containers per person daily. Dealers larger than 5,000 square feet can refuse returns if they participate, receive service, and pay participation costs.

Store return hours and exceptions change

Dealers required to take containers must accept returns and pay refunds from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. while open. They may refuse returns outside those hours. In cities over 500,000 people, dealers with a dealer return center at their location may refuse returns themselves. Licensed wineries may refuse containers of a kind, size, or brand they do not sell at the winery.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsors

There is no primary sponsor on record.

Cosponsors

  • Energy and Environment

    Affiliation unavailable

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 89 • No: 6

House vote • 5/21/2025

Third reading. Carried by Gamba. Passed.

Yes: 48 • No: 4

House vote • 5/15/2025

Climate, Energy, and Environment: Heard and Reported Out

Yes: 8 • No: 1

Senate vote • 4/17/2025

Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed.

Yes: 28 • No: 1

Senate vote • 4/7/2025

Energy and Environment: Heard and Reported Out with Amendments

Yes: 5 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Effective date, June 3, 2025.

    6/11/2025Senate

  2. Chapter 266, 2025 Laws.

    6/11/2025Senate

  3. Governor signed.

    6/3/2025Senate

  4. Speaker signed.

    5/22/2025House

  5. President signed.

    5/22/2025Senate

  6. Third reading. Carried by Gamba. Passed.

    5/21/2025House

  7. Rules suspended. Carried over to May 21, 2025 Calendar.

    5/20/2025House

  8. Second reading.

    5/19/2025House

  9. Recommendation: Do pass.

    5/19/2025House

  10. Work Session held.

    5/15/2025House

  11. Public Hearing held.

    5/8/2025House

  12. Referred to Climate, Energy, and Environment.

    4/23/2025House

  13. First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

    4/17/2025House

  14. Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed.

    4/17/2025Senate

  15. Carried over to 04-17 by unanimous consent.

    4/16/2025Senate

  16. Second reading.

    4/15/2025Senate

  17. Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.)

    4/14/2025Senate

  18. Work Session held.

    4/7/2025Senate

  19. Work Session held.

    4/2/2025Senate

  20. Public Hearing held.

    2/17/2025Senate

  21. Referred to Energy and Environment.

    2/10/2025Senate

  22. Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

    2/6/2025Senate

Bill Text

  • SEE Amendment -1 (Proposed)

    4/7/2025

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  • SEE Amendment -3 (Adopted)

    4/7/2025

    PDF

  • SEE Amendment -1 (Proposed)

    4/2/2025

    PDF

  • SEE Amendment -3 (Proposed)

    4/2/2025

    PDF

  • SEE Amendment -1 (Proposed)

    2/17/2025

    PDF

  • A-Engrossed

    PDF

  • Enrolled

    PDF

  • Introduced

    PDF

  • Senate Amendments to Introduced

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