---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to special declarant rights."
description: "Precludes right of recovery by transferor of special declarant rights to interest in condominium<b> or planned community</b>. Permits transferor to recover transferred special declarant right <b>in condominium or planned community</b> only by subsequent qualifying instrument."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 3059"
citation: "Oregon HB 3059 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Richard Vial"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-27T16:34:19+00:00"
last_action: "2017-05-31T00:07:46+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd50a12e-f9a7-416d-aca2-a29130760949"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Measures/Overview/HB3059"
source_hash: "206717c3ba4d24a6882c2d3f86f7ee43efc11e6f57bb98a3e1b3147b4b9dd67b"
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 3059 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to special declarant rights.

Precludes right of recovery by transferor of special declarant rights to interest in condominium<b> or planned community</b>. Permits transferor to recover transferred special declarant right <b>in condominium or planned community</b> only by subsequent qualifying instrument.

## 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/HB3059/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3059/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3059/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2017R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3059/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Vial. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- A. Richard Vial — primary (person)
- Ken Helm — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-27T16:34:19+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06T23:34:02+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04T20:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-04-11T19:15:57+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-12T16:28:22+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-04-13T18:37:52+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 17, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-17T18:26:35+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 18, 2017 Calendar.
- **2017-04-18T18:48:00+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Vial. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-19T17:02:44+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-24T16:09:00+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-04T15:32:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2017-05-09T15:32:36+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-09T18:15:41+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2017-05-10T19:26:34+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-05-12T18:39:14+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-15T15:27:14+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2017-05-19T00:00:34+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-31T00:07:46+00:00** Chapter 112, (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/bd50a12e-f9a7-416d-aca2-a29130760949`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).