---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to child care facilities."
description: "Limits certain restrictions by local governments on use of property for child care facilities. <b>Allows development of certain uses for children as conditional use on lands zoned for exclusive farm use.</b>"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 3109"
citation: "Oregon HB 3109 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jack Zika", "Pam Marsh"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-02T18:36:48+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4ca3e16-ad0e-4f9c-8a49-0065cef4c13d"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB3109"
source_hash: "0bbea25adca08dc852d29183ba5856f5d8bcfd5865b0f23bfade87bb33de80c3"
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 3109 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to child care facilities.

Limits certain restrictions by local governments on use of property for child care facilities. <b>Allows development of certain uses for children as conditional use on lands zoned for exclusive farm use.</b>

## 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.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3109/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3109/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3109/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3109/B-Engrossed)
5. **HEC Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/19537)
6. **SED Amendment -A4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/20761)
7. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3109/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3109/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Zika. Passed. — **52–4** (pass) · lower
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **51–7** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. — **22–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jack Zika — primary (person)
- Pam Marsh — primary (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Kropf — cosponsor (person)
- Lily Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Rep Leif — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Noble — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02T18:36:48+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09T23:11:50+00:00** Referred to Early Childhood. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-07T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-09T21:40:37+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-13T18:33:52+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15T04:06:41+00:00** Carried over to April 15, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-04-16T02:13:24+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Zika. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-19T16:02:34+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-23T16:24:27+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10T22:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-17T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-02T19:25:32+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-03T18:17:37+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-07T20:03:25+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-07T20:04:25+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-06-08T18:56:48+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2021-06-08T18:57:48+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Williams.
- **2021-06-10T18:01:12+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-16T16:55:28+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-23T17:52:48+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 369, (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/f4ca3e16-ad0e-4f9c-8a49-0065cef4c13d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).