---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to communities governed by declarations; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Allows homeowners and condominium associations to hold electronic meetings. Makes changes to delivery of electronic notices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 329"
citation: "Oregon SB 329 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Betsy Johnson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-10T18:49:52+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d85ad644-8c32-4385-b12d-d27d33d9d180"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB329"
source_hash: "7eab88838c22836b16cc36071684491bc012077160b4e13a970376f600b20dda"
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 329 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to communities governed by declarations; and declaring an emergency.

Allows homeowners and condominium associations to hold electronic meetings. Makes changes to delivery of electronic notices.

## 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/SB329/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB329/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Johnson. Passed. — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Neron. Passed. — **52–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Betsy Johnson — primary (person)
- Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Lieber — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne Weber — 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 Housing and Development. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-11T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-03-18T15:18:05+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18T18:13:57+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-24T18:23:35+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Johnson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-01T17:25:35+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08T03:21:06+00:00** Referred to Housing. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-06T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-06T23:16:09+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-10T18:21:34+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-11T19:40:15+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Neron. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-12T18:31:27+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-05-13T18:07:57+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-05-19T18:37:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-10T18:23:55+00:00** Chapter 40, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-06-10T18:49:52+00:00** Effective date, May 19, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d85ad644-8c32-4385-b12d-d27d33d9d180`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).