---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to housing."
description: "Authorizes Housing and Community Services Department to define \"veteran\" by rule for Oregon Housing Fund programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2094"
citation: "Oregon HB 2094 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c901e30-1889-454b-a737-1b619f146636"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2094"
source_hash: "c395ac3c8259b41115a56066f1e8114ac4fa7bbda55d1ead5c13b09521f2e7d6"
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 2094 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to housing.

Authorizes Housing and Community Services Department to define "veteran" by rule for Oregon Housing Fund programs.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2094/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2094/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Evans. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **3–1** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. — **24–6** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20T04:40:25+00:00** Referred to Veterans and Emergency Management. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02T23:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-02T23:16:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-03-16T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-03-17T20:12:47+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22T18:30:20+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-24T18:08:50+00:00** Carried over to March 29, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-03-29T18:12:26+00:00** Carried over to March 30, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-03-31T03:44:01+00:00** Carried over to March 31, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-04-01T03:58:35+00:00** Carried over to April 1, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-04-02T04:09:35+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 5, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-04-06T04:04:34+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 6, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-04-07T04:05:06+00:00** Carried over to April 7, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-04-08T03:29:19+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Evans. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-08T16:31:24+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12T16:11:26+00:00** Referred to Veterans and Emergency Preparedness. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20T22:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-27T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-10T15:14:03+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-10T17:16:24+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-11T18:43:55+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-11T18:44:55+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Boquist, Heard, Robinson.
- **2021-05-13T18:07:57+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-05-14T18:54:17+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-05-21T23:53:45+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 55, (2021 Laws): Effective date January 01, 2022.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c901e30-1889-454b-a737-1b619f146636`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).