OR HB3521 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8)
Status: Passed on July 25 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-07-25 - Chapter 392, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8)
Status: Passed on July 25 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-07-25 - Chapter 392, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Summary
This Act awards an applicant money from a landlord who breaks a promise to rent a home and does not return the deposit soon after. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.0). [Digest: This Act awards damages if a landlord revokes an offer of housing. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.7).] Requires residential landlords to pay a minimum amount of damages for breaching an agreement to later execute a rental agreement of a habitable dwelling unit in exchange for holding a deposit, unless the deposit is returned within five business days or repayment is excused based on an act of God.
Title
Relating to residential tenancy hold deposits.
Sponsors
| Rep. Annessa Hartman [D] | Rep. Tom Andersen [D] | Rep. Willy Chotzen [D] | Rep. Mark Gamba [D] |
| Rep. Nancy Nathanson [D] | Rep. Hoa Nguyen [D] | Sen. Kayse Jama [D] | Sen. Deb Patterson [D] |
Roll Calls
2025-06-12 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-05-19 - Senate - Senate Committee Do pass the A-Eng bill (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-04-28 - Senate - Senate Committee Without recommendation as to passage and request referral to Housing and Development (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-04-17 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 33 N: 18 NV: 0 Abs: 9) [PASS]
2025-04-07 - House - House Committee Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) (Y: 8 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-05-19 - Senate - Senate Committee Do pass the A-Eng bill (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-04-28 - Senate - Senate Committee Without recommendation as to passage and request referral to Housing and Development (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-04-17 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 33 N: 18 NV: 0 Abs: 9) [PASS]
2025-04-07 - House - House Committee Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) (Y: 8 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-25 | House | Chapter 392, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026. |
| 2025-06-24 | House | Governor signed. |
| 2025-06-16 | Senate | President signed. |
| 2025-06-13 | House | Speaker signed. |
| 2025-06-12 | Senate | Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. Ayes, 20; Nays, 8--Bonham, Girod, Linthicum, Meek, Robinson, Smith DB, Thatcher, Weber; Excused, 2--Nash, Starr. |
| 2025-06-11 | Senate | Carried over to 06-12 by unanimous consent. |
| 2025-06-10 | Senate | Carried over to 06-11 by unanimous consent. |
| 2025-06-09 | Senate | Carried over to 06-10 by unanimous consent. |
| 2025-06-05 | Senate | Carried over to 06-09 by unanimous consent. |
| 2025-06-04 | Senate | Carried over to 06-05 by unanimous consent. |
| 2025-06-03 | Senate | Carried over to 06-04 by unanimous consent. |
| 2025-06-02 | Senate | Carried over to 06-03 by unanimous consent. |
| 2025-05-29 | Senate | Carried over to 06-02 by unanimous consent. |
| 2025-05-28 | Senate | Carried over to 05-29 by unanimous consent. |
| 2025-05-27 | Senate | Carried over to 05-28 by unanimous consent. |
| 2025-05-22 | Senate | Second reading. |
| 2025-05-22 | Senate | Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. |
| 2025-05-19 | Senate | Work Session held. |
| 2025-05-12 | Senate | Public Hearing held. |
| 2025-05-01 | Senate | Referred to Housing and Development by order of the President. |
| 2025-05-01 | Senate | Recommendation: Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Housing and Development. |
| 2025-04-28 | Senate | Work Session held. |
| 2025-04-21 | Senate | Referred to Education. |
| 2025-04-21 | Senate | First reading. Referred to President's desk. |
| 2025-04-17 | House | Third reading. Carried by Hartman. Passed. Ayes, 33; Nays, 18--Boice, Boshart Davis, Cate, Diehl, Drazan, Edwards, Elmer, Harbick, Helfrich, Javadi, Levy B, Lewis, Osborne, Owens, Scharf, Skarlatos, Wallan, Yunker; Excused, 5--Breese-Iverson, Dobson, McDonald, Nguyen H, Valderrama; Excused for Business of the House, 4--McIntire, Reschke, Smith G, Wright. |
| 2025-04-16 | House | Rules suspended. Carried over to April 17, 2025 Calendar. |
| 2025-04-15 | House | Rules suspended. Carried over to April 16, 2025 Calendar. |
| 2025-04-14 | House | Second reading. |
| 2025-04-11 | House | Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. |
| 2025-04-07 | House | Work Session held. |
| 2025-02-17 | House | Public Hearing held. |
| 2025-02-12 | House | Referred to Housing and Homelessness. |
| 2025-02-11 | House | First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. |
