---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to housing; prescribing an effective date."
description: "Digest: The Act establishes a housing office to support and enforce housing laws; lets home builders use updated local rules; awards lawyer fees for more housing appeals; assists with infrastructure for housing; creates a fund for grants to developers of affordable housing; makes cities approve changes to housing rules; makes cities expedite applications to build housing; lets cities change their growth boundaries; and gives money to DLCD, BO and OHCS for this Act. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.4)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2024R1"
identifier: "SB 1537"
citation: "Oregon SB 1537 (2024R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-05T15:05:18+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-18T20:27:43+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b74da6d-aaf1-44bc-adcd-d3ef66975f07"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/SB1537"
source_hash: "9af6dfecea682d404d70a38a9f991a516b0c47c0a706fd3d1c45cb2a3d19d226"
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 1537 (2024R1) — Relating to housing; prescribing an effective date.

Digest: The Act establishes a housing office to support and enforce housing laws; lets home builders use updated local rules; awards lawyer fees for more housing appeals; assists with infrastructure for housing; creates a fund for grants to developers of affordable housing; makes cities approve changes to housing rules; makes cities expedite applications to build housing; lets cities change their growth boundaries; and gives money to DLCD, BO and OHCS for this Act. (Flesch Readability Score: 62.4).

## 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/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1537/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1537/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1537/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1537/B-Engrossed)
5. **JWM Amendment -A15** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/26167)
6. **SHDEV Amendment -9** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/25809)
7. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1537/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1537/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Jama, Anderson. Passed. — **21–7** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Dexter, Gomberg. Passed. — **50–6** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05T15:05:18+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05T17:31:30+00:00** Referred to Housing and Development, then Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2024-02-13T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-02-16T23:05:34+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-16T23:05:35+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-24T15:34:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Transportation and Economic Development. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27T21:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2024-02-27T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-02-29T01:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-02-29T16:00:58+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-29T18:46:28+00:00** Rules suspended. Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29T20:27:13+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Jama, Anderson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-29T20:28:13+00:00** Knopp declared potential conflict of interest.
- **2024-02-29T20:29:13+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Boquist, Sollman.
- **2024-02-29T22:19:33+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01T00:19:05+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01T23:23:48+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-04T19:42:08+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04T20:44:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Dexter, Gomberg. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-04T20:43:00+00:00** Potential conflict(s) of interest declared by Nguyen D, Pham H.
- **2024-03-05T23:02:29+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-06T00:27:21+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-04T20:45:00+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Andersen, Yunker.
- **2024-04-17T22:50:53+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-18T20:24:36+00:00** Chapter 110, 2024 Laws.
- **2024-04-18T20:27:43+00:00** Effective date, June 6, 2024.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b74da6d-aaf1-44bc-adcd-d3ef66975f07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).