---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the sunset of the property tax exemption for multiple-unit housing; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Extends sunset for property tax exemption for multiple-unit housing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 262"
citation: "Oregon SB 262 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Dembrow", "Rob Nosse"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-17T15:56:30+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ca3d9e8-9f42-4bda-865f-50f40dabda4a"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/SB262"
source_hash: "da43ec4bab3e195957ea2ea46358a3ed026b4484e68c1c3e73edfb512577a3ba"
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 SB 262 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to the sunset of the property tax exemption for multiple-unit housing; and prescribing an effective date.

Extends sunset for property tax exemption for multiple-unit housing.

## 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/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB262/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB262/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael Dembrow — primary (person)
- Rob Nosse — primary (person)
- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
- Chuck Thomsen — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nearman — cosponsor (person)
- Tawna Sanchez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14T15:33:37+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15T16:47:07+00:00** Referred to Housing, then Finance and Revenue. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-03-04T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-03-05T23:23:01+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass and be referred to Finance and Revenue by prior reference.
- **2019-03-05T23:23:02+00:00** Referred to Finance and Revenue by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20T22:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-03-26T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-04-01T16:00:09+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-01T17:43:44+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02T18:55:47+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-03T16:22:04+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11T00:00:44+00:00** Referred to Revenue. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07T15:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-22T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-29T15:13:07+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-29T17:00:01+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-05-31T02:52:47+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 3, 2019 Calendar.
- **2019-06-03T18:13:02+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-04T23:19:29+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-05T15:29:35+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-06-11T16:24:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-17T15:51:14+00:00** Chapter 322, 2019 Laws.
- **2019-06-17T15:56:30+00:00** Effective Date, September 29, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ca3d9e8-9f42-4bda-865f-50f40dabda4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).