Oregon Senate Bill 497 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on June 27 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-06-27 - In committee upon adjournment.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Tells a city or county that it may not adopt a standard from the Reach Code or any other code that sets tighter standards than what the state agency that puts out the building code says is needed. Takes effect 91 days after the session ends. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.4). Prohibits a municipality that administers and enforces a building inspection program from adopting construction standards or methods from the Reach Code, or a similar or related code of standards and methods, that exceed or are more stringent than statewide standards and methods that the Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services adopts and administers. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Relating to construction standards for energy efficiency; prescribing an effective date.

Sen. David Smith [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-06-27	Senate	In committee upon adjournment.
2025-01-17	Senate	Referred to Labor and Business.
2025-01-13	Senate	Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB497
Text	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB497/Introduced
Supplement	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureAnalysisDocument/84694