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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to housing disparities."
+description: "Authorizes Housing and Community Services Department to provide grants <i>and loans to individuals for down payment assistance and grants, loans</i>] and technical assistance to organizations increasing homeownership program access to persons of color. Allows department to define \"persons of color\" by rule. <i>Authorizes expending Home Ownership Assistance Account funds for those purposes.</i>] Makes Oregon Housing Fund and subaccounts available to federally recognized Indian tribes that own land in this state.<b> Amends uses of Home Ownership Assistance Account.</b>"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
+legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
+session: "2021 Regular Session"
+identifier: "SB 79"
+citation: "Oregon SB 79 (2021 Regular Session)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00"
+last_action: "2021-06-10T18:49:52+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc82af68-39fd-4203-9938-7103dde45a52"
+source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB79"
+source_hash: "6c5deea0e2c962534ef48d0cd104b8275d422f6a7dacf2a66fdf68fe68d9b004"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-or"]
+---
+
+# Oregon SB 79 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to housing disparities.
+
+Authorizes Housing and Community Services Department to provide grants <i>and loans to individuals for down payment assistance and grants, loans</i>] and technical assistance to organizations increasing homeownership program access to persons of color. Allows department to define "persons of color" by rule. <i>Authorizes expending Home Ownership Assistance Account funds for those purposes.</i>] Makes Oregon Housing Fund and subaccounts available to federally recognized Indian tribes that own land in this state.<b> Amends uses of Home Ownership Assistance Account.</b>
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB79/Introduced)
+2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB79/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
+3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB79/A-Engrossed)
+4. **SHDEV Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/18458)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB79/Enrolled)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–1** (pass) · upper
+- Third reading. Carried by Golden. Passed. — **25–5** (pass) · upper
+- Heard and Reported Out — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- Third reading. Carried by Meek. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-19T19:35:42+00:00** Referred to Housing and Development. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-11T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
+- **2021-03-04T21:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
+- **2021-03-26T22:08:50+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-31T16:45:55+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-01T18:30:39+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Golden. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-01T18:31:39+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Boquist.
+- **2021-04-02T02:20:26+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-08T03:21:06+00:00** Referred to Housing. `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-11T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
+- **2021-05-18T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
+- **2021-05-18T23:35:09+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-19T18:31:17+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-20T19:12:46+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 24, 2021 Calendar.
+- **2021-05-24T19:54:59+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 25, 2021 Calendar.
+- **2021-05-25T19:40:11+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Meek. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-05-26T19:25:37+00:00** President signed. `passage`
+- **2021-05-27T18:31:21+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
+- **2021-06-03T19:08:52+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-10T18:23:55+00:00** Chapter 170, 2021 Laws.
+- **2021-06-10T18:49:52+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2022.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc82af68-39fd-4203-9938-7103dde45a52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).
+