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- 2020-04-01 Petition launched — Pro-ban petition launched: Eliminate Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers in Oregon
State statutes
Failed in legislature Four failed statewide bills 2019–2023; no successor in 83rd LA Four separate GLB/SORE-specific bills have died in the Oregon Legislative Assembly across three sessions. HB 3350 (80th LA, 2019 — Rep. Keny-Guyer / Sens. Dembrow, Fagan): statewide GLB use + sale ban; informational hearing only, died in committee. HB 3023 (81st LA, 2021 — Rep. Smith Warner): GLB ban inside Urban Growth Boundaries with population ≥300,000 (effectively Portland-targeted); informational hearing only, died in committee. SB 525 + HB 2970 (82nd LA, 2023 — Sen. Dembrow / Rep. Neron): directed the Environmental Quality Commission to adopt CARB-equivalent SORE Title 13 standards effective January 1, 2026; public hearing March 23, 2023, died at adjournment sine die June 25, 2023. HB 2528 (82nd LA, 2023 — OLCA-backed alternative): 50% income/corporate tax credit for battery-powered equipment purchases, 2024–2029 sunset; House hearing, did not advance. No GLB-specific bill filed in the 83rd Legislative Assembly (2025 long session or 2026 short session) — shut out under Oregon's 2-bill-per-legislator cap in sessions dominated by immigration, transportation, and absenteeism. Oregon is not a Clean Air Act §177 state; Oregon DEQ has not adopted CARB SORE standards. Portland's municipal ordinance (Ord. 191653) proceeds without state enabling.
Research & citations
- The Movement to 'Make America Rake Again' — Reasons to be Cheerful
— Reasons to be Cheerful, 2024-01-18
Hannah Wallace profiles the national push to ban gas-powered leaf blowers, opening with Quiet Clean PDX co-chair Michael Hall (Portland, OR) and noting more than 100 US cities have enacted bans alongside 45+ Quiet Clean Alliance member groups. Calls Washington D.C.'s 2022 phase-out the "gold standard" — three-year ramp-up, citizen-affidavit enforcement via DLCP, fines up to $500. Surveys California's CARB AB-1346 zero-emission rule (effective Jan 2024) plus the state's $30M CORE voucher program; cites bans in Burlington VT, Evanston IL, Oakland, Beverly Hills, Santa Barbara, and Montgomery County MD; flags rebate/discount programs in Colorado (30% statewide point-of-sale discount, eff. Jan 2024) and Dallas. Quotes Seagraves Landscaping (West Linn, OR — a Lake Oswego Parks contractor) on crews preferring electric blowers. Closes by linking the movement to the Xerces Society's Leave the Leaves campaign.
- Petition: Eliminate Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers in Oregon
— Change.org, 2020-04
Statewide Oregon ban petition launched ~2020 (COVID-era) by Quiet Clean PDX. Originally addressed to Gov. Kate Brown. Active.
- SB 525 (2023) — CARB-equivalent SORE standards (failed)
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