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Bill Relating to the regulation of public property with respect to persons experiencing homelessness; and declaring an emergency. Provides that local law regulating sitting, lying, sleeping or keeping warm and dry outdoors on public property that is open to public must be objectively reasonable as to time, place and manner with regards to persons experiencing homelessness. Creates affirmative defense to charge of violating such local law that law is not objectively reasonable. Creates cause of action for person experiencing homelessness to challenge objective reasonableness of such local law. Authorizes court to award attorney fees to prevailing plaintiff in such suit in certain circumstances. us/states/or Oregon Legislative Assembly 2021 Regular Session HB 3115 Oregon HB 3115 (2021 Regular Session)
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Oregon HB 3115 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to the regulation of public property with respect to persons experiencing homelessness; and declaring an emergency.

Provides that local law regulating sitting, lying, sleeping or keeping warm and dry outdoors on public property that is open to public must be objectively reasonable as to time, place and manner with regards to persons experiencing homelessness. Creates affirmative defense to charge of violating such local law that law is not objectively reasonable. Creates cause of action for person experiencing homelessness to challenge objective reasonableness of such local law. Authorizes court to award attorney fees to prevailing plaintiff in such suit in certain circumstances.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Heard and Reported Out — 43 (pass) · upper
  • Motion to refer to Rules failed. — 2334 (fail) · lower
  • Heard and Reported Out — 63 (pass) · lower
  • Third reading. Carried by Power. Passed. — 3523 (pass) · lower
  • Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. — 1810 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Tina Kotek — primary (person)
  • Chuck Riley — cosponsor (person)
  • James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Karin Power — cosponsor (person)
  • Lisa Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
  • Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
  • Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
  • Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
  • Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
  • Susan McLain — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-02-02T18:36:48+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2021-02-09T23:11:50+00:00 Referred to Judiciary. referral-committee
  • 2021-03-09T21:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
  • 2021-03-23T20:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
  • 2021-03-25T20:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
  • 2021-04-02T23:36:15+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-04-05T18:04:11+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
  • 2021-04-07T04:05:06+00:00 Carried over to April 7, 2021 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
  • 2021-04-08T03:53:10+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to April 8, 2021 Calendar.
  • 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.
  • 2021-04-15T19:41:04+00:00 Motion to refer to Rules failed.
  • 2021-04-15T19:52:08+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Power. 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 Judiciary and Ballot Measure 110 Implementation. referral-committee
  • 2021-05-04T15:31:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
  • 2021-05-24T15:32:00+00:00 Work Session held.
  • 2021-06-08T15:25:47+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-06-08T17:24:39+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
  • 2021-06-09T20:03:20+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. passage, reading-3
  • 2021-06-11T03:06:20+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
  • 2021-06-16T16:55:28+00:00 President signed. passage
  • 2021-06-23T17:52:48+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
  • 2021-09-25T15:00:00+00:00 Chapter 370, (2021 Laws): Effective date June 23, 2021.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/83f0884c-479b-4bb6-a90c-6bf8bb51c2da. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).