---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Eastern Oregon Border Economic Development Region housing; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Allows counties to partition and rezone up to 200 acres of lands within Eastern Oregon Border Economic Development Region from exclusive farm use to residential uses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 16"
citation: "Oregon SB 16 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hansell", "Lynn Findley"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00"
last_action: "2021-08-20T17:19:54+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4edcee02-46be-47b1-b9f4-0e5067b1a740"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB16"
source_hash: "95963513dc72a329f8ba2bd16576dc250aab295918bb3639496fb0102d65d821"
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 16 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to Eastern Oregon Border Economic Development Region housing; and prescribing an effective date.

Allows counties to partition and rezone up to 200 acres of lands within Eastern Oregon Border Economic Development Region from exclusive farm use to residential uses.

## 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/SB16/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB16/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **4–3** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Findley. Passed. — **16–12** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **3–1** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Owens. Passed. — **32–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Hansell — primary (person)
- Lynn Findley — primary (person)
- Mark Owens — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19T19:35:42+00:00** Referred to Energy and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-04T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-03-25T15:04:13+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25T22:07:42+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31T18:47:26+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Findley. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-01T17:25:35+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31T18:48:26+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-04-09T01:51:28+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10T20:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-06-15T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-17T22:32:44+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-21T17:43:38+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-22T23:22:58+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Owens. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-22T23:23:58+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Reardon.
- **2021-06-25T23:24:04+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-26T00:02:47+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-08-06T17:33:36+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-20T17:17:57+00:00** Chapter 671, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-08-20T17:19:54+00:00** Effective date, September 25, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4edcee02-46be-47b1-b9f4-0e5067b1a740`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).