---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to residential tenancy hold deposits."
description: "</b> </i>] Requires residential landlords to pay a minimum amount of damages for breaching an agreement to later execute a rental agreement <b>of a habitable dwelling unit</b> in exchange for holding a deposit<b>, unless the deposit is returned within five business days or repayment is excused based on an act of God</b>."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "HB 3521"
citation: "Oregon HB 3521 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Annessa Hartman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-11T19:19:12+00:00"
last_action: "2025-07-25T17:45:38+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f16589c6-d96c-402c-9468-8c0f30084ed9"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3521"
source_hash: "8278a475ad27ce766077071468d2f6811143f195d1cd478f96f5a0a70b377948"
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 3521 (2025R1) — Relating to residential tenancy hold deposits.

</b> </i>] Requires residential landlords to pay a minimum amount of damages for breaching an agreement to later execute a rental agreement <b>of a habitable dwelling unit</b> in exchange for holding a deposit<b>, unless the deposit is returned within five business days or repayment is excused based on an act of God</b>.

## 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/HB3521/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3521/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3521/A-Engrossed)
4. **HHOUSH Amendment -5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/28342)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3521/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **8–4** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. — **20–8** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Hartman. Passed. — **33–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Annessa Hartman — primary (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Hoa Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Kayse Jama — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Nathanson — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Andersen — cosponsor (person)
- Willy Chotzen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-11T19:19:12+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12T21:25:30+00:00** Referred to Housing and Homelessness. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-04-07T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-04-11T18:36:50+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14T18:07:11+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15T22:01:12+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 16, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-04-16T19:50:15+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 17, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-04-17T21:18:12+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hartman. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-21T18:38:45+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-21T21:55:42+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-28T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-01T16:13:59+00:00** Recommendation: Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Housing and Development.
- **2025-05-01T16:14:00+00:00** Referred to Housing and Development by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-12T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-05-19T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-22T17:09:40+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22T19:00:06+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-27T19:17:19+00:00** Carried over to 05-28 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-05-28T20:29:31+00:00** Carried over to 05-29 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-05-29T21:59:57+00:00** Carried over to 06-02 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-02T19:24:04+00:00** Carried over to 06-03 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-03T19:39:23+00:00** Carried over to 06-04 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-04T19:31:28+00:00** Carried over to 06-05 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-05T19:02:25+00:00** Carried over to 06-09 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-09T19:36:00+00:00** Carried over to 06-10 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-10T19:18:32+00:00** Carried over to 06-11 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-12T00:22:01+00:00** Carried over to 06-12 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-12T18:55:35+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-13T19:59:45+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-16T22:18:39+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-24T20:52:56+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-25T17:45:38+00:00** Chapter 392, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f16589c6-d96c-402c-9468-8c0f30084ed9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).