republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2021-regular-session/hb-2415.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to electronic access to building codes information; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Requires Department of Consumer and Business Services to <i>conduct study to evaluate feasibility of and develop standards and specifications for system that allows for performing electronic field inspections and construction progress inspections and to verify compliance with building code requirements on site</i>]<b> adopt rules to establish minimum standards and statewide consistency in electronic processes for reviewing plans, issuing permits and performing field inspections</b>."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2415"
citation: "Oregon HB 2415 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Fahey"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-11T15:57:04+00:00"
last_action: "2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5648225e-3538-470c-b6a7-752cc2b047a5"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/HB2415"
source_hash: "1b1a6e232a6e386b4f6d39e7130509beea5085e46234da5e17f92c837740e35c"
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 2415 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to electronic access to building codes information; and prescribing an effective date.

Requires Department of Consumer and Business Services to <i>conduct study to evaluate feasibility of and develop standards and specifications for system that allows for performing electronic field inspections and construction progress inspections and to verify compliance with building code requirements on site</i>]<b> adopt rules to establish minimum standards and statewide consistency in electronic processes for reviewing plans, issuing permits and performing field inspections</b>.

## 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/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2415/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2415/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2415/A-Engrossed)
4. **HBL Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/19401)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2415/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Fahey. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Anderson. Passed. — **26–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Julie Fahey — primary (person)
- Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Nathanson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Holvey — 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 Business and Labor. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17T22:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-31T22:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-04-05T22:45:25+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07T17:53:26+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-09T03:59:54+00:00** Carried over to April 9, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-04-10T02:51:56+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 10, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-04-11T01:13:11+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 12, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-04-13T04:23:16+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to April 13, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-04-14T04:08:45+00:00** Carried over to April 14, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-04-15T04:06:41+00:00** Carried over to April 15, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
- **2021-04-15T22:27:49+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Fahey. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-19T16:02:34+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-23T16:24:27+00:00** Referred to Housing and Development. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-18T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-26T15:31:09+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-26T17:26:12+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-05-27T18:50:26+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Anderson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-27T18:51:26+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-06-02T20:47:21+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-07T16:27:01+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-11T23:30:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00** Chapter 223, (2021 Laws): Effective date September 25, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5648225e-3538-470c-b6a7-752cc2b047a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).