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Committee adopts amendment and refers HB 4086, an industrial symbiosis package, to Ways and Means

House Committee on Economic Development, Business and Trade · February 11, 2026

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Summary

The House Economic Development committee adopted a dash-1 amendment that removes proposed RSIS rebate changes, approved a due-pass recommendation for HB 4086 (industrial symbiosis pilots and an OCVA fish-based project) and referred the measure to Ways and Means.

Chair Winn opened the work session on House Bill 4086 and asked staff to summarize the measure. Chris, the committee analyst, told members HB 4086 would require Business Oregon to develop an industrial symbiosis roadmap, appropriate $900,000 for pilot projects in designated communities and direct a $640,000 appropriation to support an Oregon Coast Visitors Association (OCVA) fisheries-based industrial symbiosis project.

Chris said the bill establishes reporting requirements for Business Oregon, including a roadmap report due to the Legislature by May 1, 2027, and identifies pilot communities (Clatsop County, Klamath County and the Port of Morrow). The summary also noted proposed changes to the regionally significant industrial site (RSIS) rebate program were removed in a dash-1 amendment posted on OLIS and characterized as having no revenue impact.

Chair Winn thanked Representative Lively and staff in the Oregon Economic Development Districts for work on dash-3 and dash-4 amendments and said she would ask the committee to table those amendments because of concerns raised by business owners about unintended consequences. The committee moved to adopt the dash-1 amendment; there was no objection and the amendment was adopted.

A subsequent motion to move HB 4086, as amended, to the floor with a due-pass recommendation and referral to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means passed on a roll-call vote. The clerk’s roll call recorded a majority of ayes with Representative Deal listed as excused.

The committee record indicates the bill retains its pilot-project funding and the roadmap and that further fiscal and implementation details will be available in the posted fiscal impact material on OLIS and in Ways and Means.