---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to housing."
description: "</b> </i>] [<i>Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to study housing and to report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to housing by September 15, 2026.</i>] <b>Adds two members to the Building Codes Structures Board and adds two professions that the board members must represent.</b>"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "SB 49"
citation: "Oregon SB 49 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-06T21:02:48+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3e99ebb-2282-4c96-90ed-28c5b9f96876"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB49"
source_hash: "689a6429666948f758b0b92caa72b25e3a846cdfe217215e854b9952ce04cc74"
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 49 (2025R1) — Relating to housing.

</b> </i>] [<i>Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to study housing and to report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to housing by September 15, 2026.</i>] <b>Adds two members to the Building Codes Structures Board and adds two professions that the board members must represent.</b>

## 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/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB49/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB49/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB49/A-Engrossed)
4. **SHDEV Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/27548)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB49/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Mannix. Passed. — **52–1** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Pham. Passed. — **27–1** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-17T22:13:22+00:00** Referred to Housing and Development. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-03-10T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-04-02T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-04-09T22:16:56+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10T18:51:36+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-14T18:30:21+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Pham. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T22:54:02+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15T17:31:11+00:00** Referred to Housing and Homelessness. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-04-30T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-06T17:06:38+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-06T19:41:47+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-07T19:49:38+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 8, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-05-08T19:46:44+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Mannix. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-12T19:32:38+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-12T21:47:11+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-19T21:56:32+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-06T20:52:38+00:00** Chapter 113, 2025 Laws.
- **2025-06-06T21:02:48+00:00** 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/c3e99ebb-2282-4c96-90ed-28c5b9f96876`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).