---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to majority vote thresholds for local charters; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Prohibits a supermajority vote requirement for any question related to a county or city charter. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "HB 3687"
citation: "Oregon HB 3687 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darcey Edwards", "Hai Pham", "Willy Chotzen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-25T19:45:35+00:00"
last_action: "2025-08-07T21:11:07+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/beefb86f-22cb-410c-9760-69ff3f840c3c"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3687"
source_hash: "cd66e58c63b753150dd80946b7b8f905f071f7f2ef6f70a072fa1313f585f04c"
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 3687 (2025R1) — Relating to majority vote thresholds for local charters; and prescribing an effective date.

Prohibits a supermajority vote requirement for any question related to a county or city charter. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

## 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/HB3687/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3687/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3687/A-Engrossed)
4. **HRULES Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/29421)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB3687/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **3–1** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Pham. Passed. — **17–12** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Chotzen. Passed. — **39–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Darcey Edwards — primary (person)
- Hai Pham — primary (person)
- Willy Chotzen — primary (person)
- Khanh Pham — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
- Zach Hudson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-25T19:45:35+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27T19:41:05+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-06-05T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-06-09T20:29:00+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-10T18:33:26+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-11T18:10:38+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Chotzen. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-12T18:49:25+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12T20:13:41+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-18T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-06-24T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-06-25T21:39:09+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-25T21:47:08+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-25T23:25:30+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Pham. Taken from 06-25 Calendar and placed on 06-26 Calendar by voice vote.
- **2025-06-26T18:02:36+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Pham. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-27T21:26:47+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-27T22:58:40+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-07-18T02:25:24+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-07T21:11:07+00:00** Chapter 511, (2025 Laws): Effective date September 26, 2025.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/beefb86f-22cb-410c-9760-69ff3f840c3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).