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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to housing."
description: "Requires landlords <b>who require applicant screening charges</b> to adopt certain written screening criteria made available to applicants before accepting application. Limits criminal <i>behavior</i>] <b>charges and convictions</b> landlord may consider in screening applicant. Requires landlord to conduct individualized assessment of applicant and specify any basis for denial."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2021 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 291"
citation: "Oregon SB 291 (2021 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00"
last_action: "2021-08-20T17:10:35+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5da820c6-ec41-45ce-b060-7a8dc221c8a5"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB291"
source_hash: "3840f104b35de8802d7423427b346d6021d8708b0c2f1d2994a43f2a82664780"
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 SB 291 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to housing.
Requires landlords <b>who require applicant screening charges</b> to adopt certain written screening criteria made available to applicants before accepting application. Limits criminal <i>behavior</i>] <b>charges and convictions</b> landlord may consider in screening applicant. Requires landlord to conduct individualized assessment of applicant and specify any basis for denial.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB291/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB291/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB291/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB291/B-Engrossed)
5. **HRULES Amendment -A12** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/21456)
6. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB291/House%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
7. **SHDEV Amendment -4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/18795)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB291/Enrolled)
## Votes
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **52** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **80** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **31** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. — **1713** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Meek. Passed. — **4018** (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — **1612** (pass) · upper
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19T19:35:42+00:00** Referred to Housing and Development. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-03-11T21:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2021-03-26T22:09:10+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31T16:45:55+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-04-01T18:42:37+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-01T18:43:37+00:00** Burdick, Girod, Golden, Hansell, Kennemer, Thatcher, Wagner declared potential conflict of interest.
- **2021-04-01T18:44:37+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Boquist.
- **2021-04-02T02:20:26+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08T03:21:06+00:00** Referred to Housing. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-13T15:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-05-25T15:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-05-27T15:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-07T15:07:01+00:00** Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Rules.
- **2021-06-07T15:07:02+00:00** Referred to Rules by order of Speaker. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2021-06-17T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2021-06-21T20:26:39+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-22T17:41:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2021-06-23T00:38:57+00:00** Rules suspended. Rules suspended. Carried over to June 23, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-06-23T18:31:41+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to June 24, 2021 Calendar.
- **2021-06-24T18:18:19+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Meek. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-25T16:20:27+00:00** Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
- **2021-06-26T19:44:51+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-26T21:22:31+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2021-06-25T16:21:27+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
- **2021-07-19T22:29:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-20T17:05:08+00:00** Chapter 577, 2021 Laws.
- **2021-08-20T17:10:35+00:00** Effective date, January 1, 2022.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5da820c6-ec41-45ce-b060-7a8dc221c8a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).