---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to bonding requirements for landscape contracting businesses."
description: "</b> </i>] Sets [<i>the</i>]<b> a</b> bonding requirement<b> of $20,000</b> for applicants for a landscape contracting business license or <b>for</b> licensed landscape contracting businesses [<i>at $20,000 if the applicant or licensed landscape contracting business charges $100,000 or less for landscape jobs that the applicant or licensed landscape contracting business undertakes regularly and at $50,000 if the applicant or licensed landscape contracting business charges more than $100,000 for any landscape job</i>]."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "SB 864"
citation: "Oregon SB 864 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-13T17:07:30+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-06T22:13:28+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7928198e-c669-4d21-b7b7-1498c26e402d"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/SB864"
source_hash: "3c2c077fe324d83e918a5161c5c08306e808e66ed04dd77aa661d396b4822a02"
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 864 (2025R1) — Relating to bonding requirements for landscape contracting businesses.

</b> </i>] Sets [<i>the</i>]<b> a</b> bonding requirement<b> of $20,000</b> for applicants for a landscape contracting business license or <b>for</b> licensed landscape contracting businesses [<i>at $20,000 if the applicant or licensed landscape contracting business charges $100,000 or less for landscape jobs that the applicant or licensed landscape contracting business undertakes regularly and at $50,000 if the applicant or licensed landscape contracting business charges more than $100,000 for any landscape job</i>].

## 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/SB864/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB864/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB864/A-Engrossed)
4. **SLB Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/26566)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB864/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Sosa. Passed. — **39–8** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Hayden. Passed. — **28–1** (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 Labor and Business. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-02-13T16:01:00+00:00** Work Session cancelled.
- **2025-02-25T16:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-03-04T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-03-07T22:29:24+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-10T17:58:24+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-03-11T19:08:37+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hayden. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-13T18:58:35+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14T21:46:12+00:00** Referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-05-06T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-12T20:15:23+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-13T18:58:56+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-14T19:43:54+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to May 15, 2025 Calendar.
- **2025-05-15T20:25:43+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Sosa. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-19T19:36:04+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-20T17:35:37+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-05-28T00:03:09+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-06T22:01:42+00:00** Chapter 180, 2025 Laws.
- **2025-06-06T22:13:28+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/7928198e-c669-4d21-b7b7-1498c26e402d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).