---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to building code enforcement."
description: "Permits municipality or Department of Consumer and Business Services to contract with person to administer and enforce building inspection program and act as building official."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 866"
citation: "Oregon SB 866 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Brock Smith", "David Gomberg", "Dick Anderson", "Greg Smith"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-05-10T17:16:24+00:00"
last_action: "2021-08-20T17:10:35+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf2086b6-a84b-4858-a963-3f5baee6b928"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB866"
source_hash: "47627cf509e19916d49d11dbbddd3ccbb05eceeb3ec59bd31cb9c1d26fa7f68d"
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 866 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to building code enforcement.

Permits municipality or Department of Consumer and Business Services to contract with person to administer and enforce building inspection program and act as building official.

## 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/SB866/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB866/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. — **49–7** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Anderson. Passed. — **28–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Brock Smith — primary (person)
- David Gomberg — primary (person)
- Dick Anderson — primary (person)
- Greg Smith — primary (person)
- Bobby Levy — cosponsor (person)
- Boomer Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Brad Witt — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
- Jami Cate — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Wallan — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Owens — cosponsor (person)
- Raquel Moore-Green — cosponsor (person)
- Rep Leif — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly Boshart Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne Weber — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-10T17:16:24+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10T19:51:22+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-06-10T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-15T15:37:18+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-15T18:01:33+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-16T19:45:13+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Anderson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-16T19:46:13+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-06-17T16:58:59+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-17T23:00:37+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-06-24T19:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-25T18:31:43+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-25T19:51:11+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-25T21:26:13+00:00** Rules suspended. Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-26T19:44:51+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-26T21:22:31+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-07-19T22:29:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-20T17:05:08+00:00** Chapter 599, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-08-20T17:10:35+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2022.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf2086b6-a84b-4858-a963-3f5baee6b928`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).