---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to tax credit for affordable housing lenders; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Provides that corporate excise tax credit allowed to lenders that finance affordable housing is not barred by receipt of housing vouchers by tenants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2315"
citation: "Oregon HB 2315 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09T20:20:19+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-22T22:13:12+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0860ad6c-df32-4698-9ef7-8d06af5f0e68"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2315"
source_hash: "2ee025f3b079fa22d19827537d71debe053ba88b10b895291c35a7d7905f51ce"
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 2315 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to tax credit for affordable housing lenders; and prescribing an effective date.

Provides that corporate excise tax credit allowed to lenders that finance affordable housing is not barred by receipt of housing vouchers by tenants.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2315/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2315/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. — **56–0** (pass) · legislature

## 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 Human Services and Housing with subsequent referral to Revenue. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-03-28T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-03-31T16:51:20+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass and subsequent referral to Revenue be rescinded. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-31T16:51:21+00:00** Subsequent referral to Revenue rescinded by order of the Speaker.
- **2017-04-03T16:05:35+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-04T18:20:33+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 5, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-05T18:19:40+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-06T15:57:23+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-10T22:22:09+00:00** Referred to Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-01T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-05-22T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session cancelled.
- **2017-05-24T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-26T14:27:15+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-26T15:00:15+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-30T19:22:22+00:00** Carried over to 05-31 by unanimous consent.
- **2017-05-31T18:35:00+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gelser. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **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`
- **2017-06-22T22:13:12+00:00** Chapter 284, (2017 Laws): Effective date October 6, 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0860ad6c-df32-4698-9ef7-8d06af5f0e68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).