---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a metropolitan service district boundaries."
description: "Adds lands to a metropolitan service district when those lands are within Metro's urban growth boundary and annexed by a city in Metro."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "HB 2356"
citation: "Oregon HB 2356 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Susan McLain"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00"
last_action: "2025-07-07T19:24:25+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df87c9af-918b-4f6d-8243-c112cc76b1be"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2356"
source_hash: "87761f7e38c9227387bc31ba98ca0079f2a6e9b34e00a82442d17f5a99fec3f5"
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 2356 (2025R1) — Relating to a metropolitan service district boundaries.

Adds lands to a metropolitan service district when those lands are within Metro's urban growth boundary and annexed by a city in Metro.

## 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/HB2356/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2356/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2356/A-Engrossed)
4. **HALNRW Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/26337)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2356/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Pham. Passed. — **22–7** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by McLain. Passed. — **40–17** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Susan McLain — primary (person)
- Annessa Hartman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-17T20:47:46+00:00** Referred to Agriculture, Land Use, Natural Resources, and Water. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-03T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-02-12T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-02-17T23:24:47+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18T19:24:59+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-02-20T19:49:30+00:00** Third reading. Carried by McLain. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-25T18:32:29+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25T19:46:34+00:00** Referred to Housing and Development. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-16T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-04-28T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-05-22T17:09:08+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-22T19:00:06+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-05-27T19:17:19+00:00** Carried over to 05-28 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-05-28T20:29:31+00:00** Carried over to 05-29 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-05-29T21:59:57+00:00** Carried over to 06-02 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-02T19:24:04+00:00** Carried over to 06-03 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-03T19:39:23+00:00** Carried over to 06-04 by unanimous consent.
- **2025-06-04T19:29:38+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Pham. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-05T22:50:28+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-09T21:00:45+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-16T22:20:27+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-07T19:24:25+00:00** Chapter 322, (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/df87c9af-918b-4f6d-8243-c112cc76b1be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).