--- type: "Bill" title: "Relating to real property." description: "Reduces the statute of limitations for construction defect actions [for units in] by a planned community or condominium. Imposes notice requirements before homeowners or condominium association owners may bring or join a construction defect action. Requires the declarant and board of directors of a condominium association to conduct moisture inspections. Creates special procedural requirements for giving notice to contractors prior to filing construction defect claims if the action is brought by a homeowners association or association of unit owners. Extends the time for a sender of a secondary notice of defect to bring an action against the recipient of the secondary notice of defect." jurisdiction: "us/states/or" legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly" session: "2025R1" identifier: "HB 3746" citation: "Oregon HB 3746 (2025R1)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: [] version_count: 8 action_count: 28 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2025-02-27T19:29:00+00:00" last_action: "2025-08-13T19:42:36+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/763e12c6-7bf1-461e-af02-cd8505d557b9" source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3746" source_hash: "c50e7a413e4aeb90ffa84ae3321e540ebaf7302bacd515c03b3164fe960b4f03" 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 3746 (2025R1) — Relating to real property. Reduces the statute of limitations for construction defect actions [for units in] by a planned community or condominium. Imposes notice requirements before homeowners or condominium association owners may bring or join a construction defect action. Requires the declarant and board of directors of a condominium association to conduct moisture inspections. Creates special procedural requirements for giving notice to contractors prior to filing construction defect claims if the action is brought by a homeowners association or association of unit owners. Extends the time for a sender of a secondary notice of defect to bring an action against the recipient of the secondary notice of defect. ## 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/HB3746/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced) 2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3746/Introduced) 3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3746/A-Engrossed) 4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3746/B-Engrossed) 5. **HHOUSH Amendment -3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/28600) 6. **SHDEV Amendment -A5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/29247) 7. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3746/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed) 8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3746/Enrolled) ## Votes - Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **10–1** (pass) · lower - Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–1** (pass) · upper - House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **42–7** (pass) · lower - Third reading. Carried by Meek. Passed. — **24–4** (pass) · upper - Third reading. Carried by Breese-Iverson. Passed. — **46–10** (pass) · lower ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-02-27T19:29:00+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee` - **2025-03-05T00:19:48+00:00** Referred to Housing and Homelessness. `referral-committee` - **2025-03-12T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held. - **2025-04-02T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held. - **2025-04-07T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held. - **2025-04-09T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held. - **2025-04-15T21:47:43+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-04-16T17:54:42+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2` - **2025-04-17T22:37:38+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 21, 2025 Calendar. - **2025-04-21T19:59:47+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 22, 2025 Calendar. - **2025-04-23T01:15:37+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Breese-Iverson. Passed. `passage, reading-3` - **2025-04-23T18:10:26+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee` - **2025-04-23T20:35:25+00:00** Referred to Housing and Development. `referral-committee` - **2025-05-05T20:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held. - **2025-05-12T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held. - **2025-05-21T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held. - **2025-06-04T22:03:08+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-06-05T19:02:25+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2` - **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. - **2025-06-12T22:52:30+00:00** Carried over to 06-16 by unanimous consent. - **2025-06-16T23:01:28+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Meek. Passed. `passage, reading-3` - **2025-06-20T18:42:50+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. - **2025-06-23T22:20:07+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage` - **2025-06-24T15:35:06+00:00** President signed. `passage` - **2025-07-24T23:48:12+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature` - **2025-08-13T19:42:36+00:00** Chapter 578, (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/763e12c6-7bf1-461e-af02-cd8505d557b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).