---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to residential subdivisions."
description: "Requires city or county to issue residential building permits upon substantial completion of construction of public improvements in residential subdivisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2306"
citation: "Oregon HB 2306 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Brock Smith", "Duane Stark", "Pam Marsh"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-21T19:27:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/645d47e7-a177-4d10-8eda-bb67d8922cfa"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2306"
source_hash: "a7e4269cd7248972cb636486cc7047c73a03e33629e61141a0b2a93b627fb959"
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 2306 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to residential subdivisions.

Requires city or county to issue residential building permits upon substantial completion of construction of public improvements in residential subdivisions.

## 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/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2306/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2306/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2306/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2306/B-Engrossed)
5. **HHS Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/14420)
6. **SHOUS Amendment -A4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16017)
7. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2306/Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2306/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Marsh. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Knopp. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **60–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Brock Smith — primary (person)
- Duane Stark — primary (person)
- Pam Marsh — primary (person)
- Dallas Heard — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Zika — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nearman — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Noble — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14T16:54:51+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-18T19:43:45+00:00** Referred to Human Services and Housing. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-03-25T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-01T19:25:13+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02T18:06:14+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-03T18:36:38+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Marsh. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-04T16:35:14+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-05T20:45:03+00:00** Referred to Housing. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-22T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-06T22:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2019-05-13T20:09:55+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-14T17:12:45+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15T18:48:51+00:00** Carried over to 05-16 by unanimous consent.
- **2019-05-16T18:21:41+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Knopp. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-05T22:03:09+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2019-06-07T21:28:31+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-10T16:30:05+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-17T20:11:08+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-21T19:27:42+00:00** Chapter 397, (2019 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/645d47e7-a177-4d10-8eda-bb67d8922cfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).