---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to nonconforming uses; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Tolls time city or county may consider nonconforming use interrupted or abandoned during emergency that limits resumption of use."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 405"
citation: "Oregon SB 405 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Floyd Prozanski", "Fred Girod", "Jami Cate"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-25T19:55:20+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0521d52-767d-49c2-96c8-6e9e478fe3c3"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB405"
source_hash: "db4336dd7388e4831e629278e4f795ea18876ffbd4342d0b13a9303914c26a98"
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 405 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to nonconforming uses; and declaring an emergency.

Tolls time city or county may consider nonconforming use interrupted or abandoned during emergency that limits resumption of use.

## 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/SB405/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB405/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB405/A-Engrossed)
4. **SNRWR Amendment -4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/18633)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB405/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Cate, Marsh. Passed. — **56–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Girod, Prozanski. Passed. — **27–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Floyd Prozanski — primary (person)
- Fred Girod — primary (person)
- Jami Cate — primary (person)
- Bill Kennemer — cosponsor (person)
- Boomer Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- Duane Stark — cosponsor (person)
- Lily Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
- Rep Leif — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Lewis — 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 Natural Resources and Wildfire Recovery. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17T23:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing Cancelled.
- **2021-02-24T23:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-10T23:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-03-23T15:36:50+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25T22:07:42+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31T19:13:32+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Girod, Prozanski. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-31T19:14:32+00:00** Girod declared potential conflict of interest.
- **2021-04-01T17:25:35+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31T19:15:32+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-04-09T01:51:28+00:00** Referred to Wildfire Recovery. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-22T22:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-29T21:44:09+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-04T18:43:34+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-04T18:46:23+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Cate, Marsh. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-05T17:36:22+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-05-05T18:56:27+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-05-12T19:05:27+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-25T19:54:04+00:00** Chapter 25, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-05-25T19:55:20+00:00** Effective date, May 12, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0521d52-767d-49c2-96c8-6e9e478fe3c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).