---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to housing; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to distribute funds to the Housing Development Center, Inc. to support affordable housing property management. Sunsets June 30, 2027. [<i>Requires the department to implement a program advancing culturally responsive property management services.</i>] Requires the department to establish a program to coordinate responses to, and to report on, preservation of affordable housing, including manufactured dwelling parks and marinas. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "SB 51"
citation: "Oregon SB 51 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00"
last_action: "2025-07-25T17:17:50+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31aaf6de-8eb7-4753-85bf-3ec4c444623c"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB51"
source_hash: "446ea303d1ba0a44d1edff7bea84e67db42fee334dac0516a8f5a3c033f06f6c"
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 51 (2025R1) — Relating to housing; and declaring an emergency.

Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to distribute funds to the Housing Development Center, Inc. to support affordable housing property management. Sunsets June 30, 2027. [<i>Requires the department to implement a program advancing culturally responsive property management services.</i>] Requires the department to establish a program to coordinate responses to, and to report on, preservation of affordable housing, including manufactured dwelling parks and marinas. Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.

## 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/SB51/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB51/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB51/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB51/B-Engrossed)
5. **JWM Amendment -A6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/29751)
6. **SHDEV Amendment -5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/27826)
7. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB51/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB51/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Marsh. Passed. — **41–10** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **30–12** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Anderson. Passed. — **20–9** (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`
- **2025-03-26T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-03-31T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-04-02T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-04-09T22:16:57+00:00** Recommendation: Do Pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.)
- **2025-04-09T22:16:58+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-13T14:56:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Capital Construction. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-18T15:33:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2025-06-18T15:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-06-20T23:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-06-23T20:27:33+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-24T17:31:18+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-24T18:28:04+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Anderson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-24T19:13:54+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-24T19:23:04+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-25T17:32:34+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-26T01:29:22+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-26T20:44:02+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Marsh. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-27T22:58:40+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-28T04:01:10+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-07-17T17:03:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-25T17:09:25+00:00** Chapter 558, 2025 Laws.
- **2025-07-25T17:17:50+00:00** Effective date, July 17, 2025.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31aaf6de-8eb7-4753-85bf-3ec4c444623c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).