---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to permanently affordable owner-occupied housing; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Exempts land owned by eligible covenant holder that is burdened by affordable housing covenant<b>,</b> requiring <i>permanent</i>] affordability <b>for at least 99 years,</b> from ad valorem property taxation if improvements on land constitute owner-occupied housing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 3275"
citation: "Oregon HB 3275 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Khanh Pham"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-23T18:32:09+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8df41f41-4798-48cc-96e0-f9fd5a4bbfbe"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB3275"
source_hash: "bb58b5f6dd413bd9cb532ae169a832e3808d7443f94d247d113d6219ae08571c"
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 3275 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to permanently affordable owner-occupied housing; and prescribing an effective date.

Exempts land owned by eligible covenant holder that is burdened by affordable housing covenant<b>,</b> requiring <i>permanent</i>] affordability <b>for at least 99 years,</b> from ad valorem property taxation if improvements on land constitute owner-occupied housing.

## 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/HB3275/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3275/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3275/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3275/B-Engrossed)
5. **HHOUS Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/19734)
6. **HREV Amendment -A3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/20753)
7. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3275/House%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3275/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Findley. Passed. — **24–4** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Pham. Passed. — **42–17** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **6–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Khanh Pham — primary (person)
- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
- Kayse Jama — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
- Wlnsvey Campos — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-23T18:32:09+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26T15:55:16+00:00** Referred to Housing with subsequent referral to Revenue. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-04-06T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-07T21:46:45+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Revenue by prior reference. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07T21:46:46+00:00** Referred to Revenue by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-18T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-25T21:27:04+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-27T18:46:47+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-28T18:08:11+00:00** Carried over to June 1, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-06-01T18:43:08+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Pham. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-01T18:50:32+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02T23:59:05+00:00** Referred to Finance and Revenue. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-06-14T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-16T15:01:39+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-16T19:10:23+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-17T19:28:37+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Findley. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-17T19:29:37+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-06-22T16:26:27+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-25T23:24:04+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-07-14T19:16:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 466, (2021 Laws): 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/8df41f41-4798-48cc-96e0-f9fd5a4bbfbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).