---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to property tax exemption for low-income single-unit housing; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Extends ad valorem property tax exemption to existing qualified dwelling units of single-unit housing purchased by taxpayers seeking exemption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2964"
citation: "Oregon HB 2964 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Smith Warner", "Chuck Thomsen", "Michael Dembrow"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-20T17:14:31+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-22T22:13:12+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ddcef46-a6b3-45c6-b02d-edef316d5f26"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB2964"
source_hash: "5074d5d7b77a64fd2f53571dc7e3800e0381226678a07137dcaebcd37f119adc"
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 2964 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to property tax exemption for low-income single-unit housing; and prescribing an effective date.

Extends ad valorem property tax exemption to existing qualified dwelling units of single-unit housing purchased by taxpayers seeking exemption.

## 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/HB2964/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2964/Senate Amendments to Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2964/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2964/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Smith Warner. Passed. — **53–5** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Dembrow, Thomsen. Passed. — **27–0** (pass) · legislature
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **54–3** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Barbara Smith Warner — primary (person)
- Chuck Thomsen — primary (person)
- Michael Dembrow — primary (person)
- Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
- Rod Monroe — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-20T17:14:31+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21T00:27:57+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.
- **2017-04-04T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-04-10T21:56:10+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass and be referred to Revenue by prior reference. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-10T21:56:11+00:00** Referred to Revenue by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-18T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing cancelled.
- **2017-04-19T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2017-04-27T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2017-05-03T21:28:09+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-04T16:21:52+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-08T18:33:12+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Smith Warner. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-09T16:10:10+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-12T20:08:36+00:00** Referred to Finance and Revenue. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-24T15:32:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-25T21:53:49+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `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.
- **2017-05-31T18:40:34+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Dembrow, Thomsen. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-06-05T18:29:32+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2017-06-07T22:09:22+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-08T16:21:15+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-06-14T23:04:23+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-22T22:13:12+00:00** Chapter 294, (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/4ddcef46-a6b3-45c6-b02d-edef316d5f26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).