republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2021-regular-session/sb-391.md

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Bill	Relating to accessory dwelling units in rural residential areas; and declaring an emergency.	Authorizes county to allow owner of lot or parcel within rural residential zone to construct one accessory dwelling unit on lot or parcel, subject to certain restrictions. Specifies that single-family dwelling and accessory dwelling on same lot or parcel are considered single unit for purposes of calculating exemptions from ground water rights requirements.	us/states/or	Oregon Legislative Assembly	2021 Regular Session	SB 391	Oregon SB 391 (2021 Regular Session)	bill		enacted	Lynn Findley Michael Dembrow Tim Knopp	8	26	5	2021-01-11T17:28:22+00:00	2021-07-07T18:23:45+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/61eb759d-5abe-4b7a-bc70-d08de541bcaa	https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2021R1/Measures/Overview/SB391	eba932771ddf089afe73af69b0c548a7e5569d359a2d4f2ae41461ab484c3deb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-or

Oregon SB 391 (2021 Regular Session) — Relating to accessory dwelling units in rural residential areas; and declaring an emergency.

Authorizes county to allow owner of lot or parcel within rural residential zone to construct one accessory dwelling unit on lot or parcel, subject to certain restrictions. Specifies that single-family dwelling and accessory dwelling on same lot or parcel are considered single unit for purposes of calculating exemptions from ground water rights requirements.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Senate Amendments to Introduced (filed) — source
3. A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. B-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. HHOUS Amendment -A6 (committee substitute) — source
6. House Amendments to A-Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
7. SHDEV Amendment -5 (committee substitute) — source
8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill. — 27–3 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Third reading. Carried by Zika. Passed. — 57–0 (pass) · lower
• Third reading. Carried by Dembrow, Findley. Passed. — 28–1 (pass) · upper
• Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — 4–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lynn Findley — primary (person)
• Michael Dembrow — primary (person)
• Tim Knopp — primary (person)
• Bill Hansell — cosponsor (person)
• Bill Kennemer — cosponsor (person)
• Bobby Levy — cosponsor (person)
• David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Jack Zika — cosponsor (person)
• Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
• Jeff Golden — cosponsor (person)
• Kayse Jama — cosponsor (person)
• Lily Morgan — cosponsor (person)

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
• 2021-02-16T21:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing Cancelled.
• 2021-02-23T21:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2021-03-25T20:01:00+00:00 Possible Work Session cancelled.
• 2021-03-30T20:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2021-04-13T19:48:03+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-14T17:50:57+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2021-04-15T19:13:23+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Dembrow, Findley. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-16T02:32:30+00:00 First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-04-15T19:14:23+00:00 Vote explanation(s) filed by Heard.
• 2021-04-20T22:23:00+00:00 Referred to Housing. referral-committee
• 2021-05-11T15:01:00+00:00 Public Hearing held.
• 2021-05-20T15:01:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2021-05-25T15:02:00+00:00 Work Session held.
• 2021-05-26T21:09:29+00:00 Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-06-01T18:17:57+00:00 Second reading. reading-2
• 2021-06-02T23:12:59+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to June 3, 2021 Calendar.
• 2021-06-03T22:49:23+00:00 Rules suspended. Carried over to June 7, 2021 Calendar.
• 2021-06-07T19:30:46+00:00 Third reading. Carried by Zika. Passed. passage, reading-3
• 2021-06-09T17:56:48+00:00 Senate concurred in House amendments and repassed bill.
• 2021-06-14T16:40:06+00:00 President signed. passage
• 2021-06-15T18:52:39+00:00 Speaker signed. passage
• 2021-06-23T17:39:56+00:00 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2021-07-07T17:05:39+00:00 Chapter 396, 2021 Laws.
• 2021-07-07T18:23:45+00:00 Effective date, June 23, 2021.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/61eb759d-5abe-4b7a-bc70-d08de541bcaa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).