OR SB1521 | 2026 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Unknown
Status: Passed on April 6 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-04-06 - Effective date, January 1, 2027.
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Sponsorship: Unknown
Status: Passed on April 6 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-04-06 - Effective date, January 1, 2027.
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Summary
This Act makes Portland-area cities and counties make up the usual costs to a builder when making the builder add low-cost homes. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.4). Prohibits cities and counties within the Portland MSA from enforcing requirements that developers provide affordable units in multiunit dwellings unless the city or county first calculates the developers' average expected losses due to providing affordable housing and the city or county offsets those losses. Becomes operative for rental housing on January 1, 2028. Becomes operative for all housing on January 1, 2029.
Title
Relating to local requirements to develop affordable housing.
Sponsors
| No sponsor information available at this time. |
Roll Calls
2026-03-04 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 32 N: 21 NV: 0 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2026-03-03 - House - House Committee Do Pass the A-Eng bill (Y: 4 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-20 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2026-02-12 - Senate - Senate Committee Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-03-03 - House - House Committee Do Pass the A-Eng bill (Y: 4 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-02-20 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2026-02-12 - Senate - Senate Committee Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-06 | Senate | Effective date, January 1, 2027. |
| 2026-04-06 | Senate | Chapter 79, 2026 Laws. |
| 2026-03-31 | Senate | Governor signed. |
| 2026-03-05 | House | Speaker signed. |
| 2026-03-05 | Senate | President signed. |
| 2026-03-04 | House | Third reading. Carried by Gamba. Passed. Ayes, 32; Nays, 21--Boice, Boshart Davis, Breese-Iverson, Bunch, Cate, Edwards, Elmer, Evans, Harbick, Helfrich, Lewis, McIntire, McLain, Osborne, Reschke, Scharf, Skarlatos, Smith G, Wallan, Wright, Yunker; Excused, 4--Hartman, Javadi, Levy B, Valderrama; Excused for Business of the House, 3--Diehl, Marsh, Owens. |
| 2026-03-03 | House | Second reading. |
| 2026-03-03 | House | Recommendation: Do pass. |
| 2026-03-03 | House | Work Session held. |
| 2026-02-27 | House | Public Hearing held. |
| 2026-02-24 | House | Referred to Rules. |
| 2026-02-24 | House | First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. |
| 2026-02-20 | Senate | Third reading. Carried by Pham. Passed. Ayes, 21; Nays, 6--Girod, Hayden, Robinson, Smith DB, Starr, Thatcher; Excused, 3--Drazan, Linthicum, Sollman. |
| 2026-02-19 | Senate | Second reading. |
| 2026-02-18 | Senate | Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) |
| 2026-02-12 | Senate | Work Session held. |
| 2026-02-05 | Senate | Public Hearing held. |
| 2026-02-02 | Senate | Referred to Housing and Development. |
| 2026-02-02 | Senate | Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. |
