---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to solar access for residential real property."
description: "Prohibits inclusion of provisions prohibiting installation and use of solar panels for obtaining solar access in declaration or bylaws of planned community."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2111"
citation: "Oregon HB 2111 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mitch Greenlick"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-22T21:55:15+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/268b5c3b-29af-44a1-b124-c0b4fbc35c8d"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2111"
source_hash: "d1cb5e900a3018d090c9398486e4a4229df257f11d222be6c01347226599d658"
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 HB 2111 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to solar access for residential real property.

Prohibits inclusion of provisions prohibiting installation and use of solar panels for obtaining solar access in declaration or bylaws of planned community.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2111/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2111/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2111/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2111/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–1** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Greenlick. Passed. — **56–3** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Monroe. Passed. — **19–9** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Mitch Greenlick — primary (person)
- Ken Helm — cosponsor (person)
- Phil Barnhart — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18T01:55:48+00:00** Referred to Energy and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-29T22:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-10T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-14T23:02:12+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-17T16:37:55+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-18T18:43:15+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 19, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-19T19:12:53+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 20, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-20T18:42:20+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Greenlick. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-24T16:18:27+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-01T15:52:21+00:00** Referred to Business and Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-24T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-30T16:26:46+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-30T18:30:21+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-31T19:07:27+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Monroe. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-31T19:08:27+00:00** Burdick, Manning Jr, Winters declared potential conflict of interest.
- **2017-06-06T00:22:07+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-07T15:13:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-14T23:04:23+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-22T21:55:15+00:00** Chapter 282, (2017 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/268b5c3b-29af-44a1-b124-c0b4fbc35c8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).