---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to housing development; and declaring an emergency."
description: "<i>Establishes Oregon Housing Needs Analysis within Housing and Community Services Department. Establishes timeline by which department must adopt rules and implement analysis components.</i>]"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2023R1"
identifier: "HB 2889"
citation: "Oregon HB 2889 (2023R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Gorsek", "Dick Anderson", "Julie Fahey", "Kayse Jama", "Maxine Dexter", "Pam Marsh"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-09T16:13:56+00:00"
last_action: "2023-07-26T17:51:21+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/963d411f-35d6-4927-976f-1c7f89f00b85"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Measures/Overview/HB2889"
source_hash: "a300a0332d6d47d47dec7a4e5ac7f14ce8483f1f522fb2a703c83c2213122536"
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 2889 (2023R1) — Relating to housing development; and declaring an emergency.

<i>Establishes Oregon Housing Needs Analysis within Housing and Community Services Department. Establishes timeline by which department must adopt rules and implement analysis components.</i>]

## 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/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2889/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2889/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2889/A-Engrossed)
4. **HHOUSH Amendment -3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/24321)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2889/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–1** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Anderson. Passed. — **23–1** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Dexter. Passed. — **39–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Gorsek — primary (person)
- Dick Anderson — primary (person)
- Julie Fahey — primary (person)
- Kayse Jama — primary (person)
- Maxine Dexter — primary (person)
- Pam Marsh — primary (person)
- Andrea Valderrama — cosponsor (person)
- Annessa Hartman — cosponsor (person)
- Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Khanh Pham — cosponsor (person)
- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Zach Hudson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09T16:13:56+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16T17:42:49+00:00** Referred to Housing and Homelessness with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-02-16T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-04-04T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-04-10T16:26:01+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and subsequent referral to Ways and Means be rescinded. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10T16:26:02+00:00** Subsequent referral to Ways and Means rescinded by order of the Speaker.
- **2023-04-11T21:39:59+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13T00:54:41+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 13, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-04-13T23:20:12+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 14, 2023 Calendar.
- **2023-04-14T17:48:06+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Dexter. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-17T16:49:26+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19T19:52:51+00:00** Referred to Housing and Development. `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-03T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2023-05-08T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2023-06-15T15:13:29+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-15T21:55:03+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-06-16T19:18:31+00:00** Carried over to 06-20 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-06-21T00:07:02+00:00** Carried over to 06-21 by unanimous consent.
- **2023-06-22T01:55:14+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Anderson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-22T01:56:14+00:00** Campos, absent, granted unanimous consent to vote aye.
- **2023-06-24T18:06:15+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-24T23:08:16+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-06-22T01:57:14+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Smith DB.
- **2023-07-18T20:55:25+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-26T17:51:21+00:00** Chapter 326, (2023 Laws): Effective date July 18, 2023.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/963d411f-35d6-4927-976f-1c7f89f00b85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).