republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2021-regular-session/hb-2247.md

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Bill	Relating to the waiver of property tax charges; and prescribing an effective date.	Authorizes county to adopt ordinance or resolution authorizing <i>county assessor to waive penalties and</i>] <b>waiver of</b> interest charged for failure to <i>file property tax return or</i>] pay taxes when due. Applies only to 2020-2021 <i>and 2021-2022</i>] property tax <i>years</i>] <b>year, to interest on taxes imposed on real property used in taxpayer's business, provided no uncontested delinquent property taxes were outstanding on such property as of February 15, 2020,</b> and to delinquencies substantially due to effects of COVID-19 pandemic or 2020 Oregon fire season. <b>Sets forth criteria for determining that delinquency is substantially due to effects of COVID-19 pandemic or 2020 Oregon fire season. Requires county that adopts ordinance or resolution to submit report to Legislative Revenue Officer that includes findings and statement of financial impact of waiver of interest on county.</b>	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2021 Regular Session	HB 2247	Oregon HB 2247 (2021 Regular Session)	bill		enacted	Shelly Boshart Davis	5	23	5	2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00	2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/1edac889-3fad-49a4-a38e-f6186bae67fd	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2247	29b46c7dd14f5f2e82e2a59518968072cb63e9c6505c6f5eae95168a1a1145fe	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon HB 2247 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to the waiver of property tax charges; and prescribing an effective date.

Authorizes county to adopt ordinance or resolution authorizing county assessor to waive penalties and] waiver of interest charged for failure to file property tax return or] pay taxes when due. Applies only to 2020-2021 and 2021-2022] property tax years] year, to interest on taxes imposed on real property used in taxpayer's business, provided no uncontested delinquent property taxes were outstanding on such property as of February 15, 2020, and to delinquencies substantially due to effects of COVID-19 pandemic or 2020 Oregon fire season. Sets forth criteria for determining that delinquency is substantially due to effects of COVID-19 pandemic or 2020 Oregon fire season. Requires county that adopts ordinance or resolution to submit report to Legislative Revenue Officer that includes findings and statement of financial impact of waiver of interest on county.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. House Amendments to Introduced (filed) — source
2. Introduced (filed) — source
3. A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. HWREC Amendment -2 (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Heard and Reported Out — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Third reading. Carried by Boquist. Passed. — 27–1 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Third reading. Carried by Boshart Davis. Passed. — 58–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Shelly Boshart Davis — primary (person)
• Bobby Levy — cosponsor (person)
• Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
• Christine Drazan — cosponsor (person)
• Daniel Bonham — cosponsor (person)
• David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Duane Stark — cosponsor (person)
• E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
• Jack Zika — cosponsor (person)
• Jami Cate — cosponsor (person)
• Kim Wallan — cosponsor (person)
• Lily Morgan — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Owens — cosponsor (person)
• Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
• Raquel Moore-Green — cosponsor (person)
• Rep Leif — cosponsor (person)
• Rep Nearman — cosponsor (person)
• Rick Lewis — cosponsor (person)
• Ron Noble — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-01-20T04:40:25+00:00 Referred to Wildfire Recovery with subsequent referral to Revenue. referral-committee
• 2021-03-02T01:31:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2021-04-06T00:32:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2021-04-07T21:45:00+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Revenue by prior reference. committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-07T21:45:01+00:00 Referred to Revenue by prior reference. referral-committee
• 2021-04-28T22:16:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2021-05-18T20:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2021-05-24T23:32:28+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass. committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-25T18:25:37+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2021-05-26T18:50:15+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Boshart Davis. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-26T19:53:34+00:00 First reading. Referred to President's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-06-02T23:59:05+00:00 Referred to Finance and Revenue. referral-committee
• 2021-06-09T20:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2021-06-14T20:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2021-06-17T15:38:33+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-17T18:55:09+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2021-06-21T18:30:49+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Boquist. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2021-06-22T19:56:03+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2021-06-21T18:31:49+00:00 Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
• 2021-06-25T23:24:04+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2021-07-14T19:16:00+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00 Chapter 452, (2021 Laws): Effective date September 25, 2021.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1edac889-3fad-49a4-a38e-f6186bae67fd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).