---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to homeownership goal; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Establishes a statewide goal for homeownership. Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to track goal progress [<i>as part of the Oregon Housing Needs Analysis</i>]. Declares an emergency, effective on passage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "HB 2698"
citation: "Oregon HB 2698 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Gorsek", "Ricki Ruiz"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-11T23:59:21+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/646d979b-4117-49cc-9484-bd8a9c0acaf8"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2698"
source_hash: "ddeb2247d501d2f6aa4d89cd59c7d1720cf78ce09458a9f850dc6439b752c6d0"
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 2698 (2025R1) — Relating to homeownership goal; and declaring an emergency.

Establishes a statewide goal for homeownership. Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to track goal progress [<i>as part of the Oregon Housing Needs Analysis</i>]. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

## 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/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2698/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2698/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2698/A-Engrossed)
4. **HHOUSH Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/26999)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2698/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. — **23–6** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Ruiz. Passed. — **42–8** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris Gorsek — primary (person)
- Ricki Ruiz — primary (person)
- Annessa Hartman — cosponsor (person)
- April Dobson — cosponsor (person)
- Ben Bowman — cosponsor (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Emerson Levy — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Kropf — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Fragala — cosponsor (person)
- Mari Watanabe — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
- Rep Neron — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne Weber — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Andersen — cosponsor (person)
- Willy Chotzen — cosponsor (person)
- Wlnsvey Campos — cosponsor (person)
- Zach Hudson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-17T20:47:46+00:00** Referred to Housing and Homelessness with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-03-24T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-03-27T17:26:21+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and subsequent referral to Ways and Means be rescinded. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27T17:26:22+00:00** Subsequent referral to Ways and Means rescinded by order of the Speaker.
- **2025-03-31T18:25:02+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-01T20:21:08+00:00** Carried over to April 2, 2025 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2025-04-02T18:59:55+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Ruiz. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-03T17:48:24+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03T20:46:17+00:00** Referred to Housing and Development. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-05-07T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-14T16:46:43+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-14T19:02:27+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-15T19:28:10+00:00** Carried over to 05-19 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-05-19T19:23:52+00:00** Carried over to 05-20 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-05-20T18:57:00+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-21T18:53:37+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-21T22:13:26+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-28T20:48:30+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-11T23:59:21+00:00** Chapter 202, (2025 Laws): Effective date May 28, 2025.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/646d979b-4117-49cc-9484-bd8a9c0acaf8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).