republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2022r1/sb-1518.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to building codes; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Establishes Task Force on Resilient Efficient Buildings and specifies task force membership. Requires task force to identify and evaluate policies related to building codes and building decarbonization for new and existing buildings that would enable state to meet greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals while maximizing other benefits. Requires task force to make policy recommendations for legislation to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to environment before 2023 regular session of Legislative Assembly."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2022R1"
identifier: "SB 1518"
citation: "Oregon SB 1518 (2022R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-01T15:05:58+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-01T17:10:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc31d674-287a-4001-affb-bf2aa56b6ac1"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Measures/Overview/SB1518"
source_hash: "f7bc24202f018c647a91d4d32b748e93e76d51e3244d55f6271aff23e973392d"
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 1518 (2022R1) — Relating to building codes; and declaring an emergency.

Establishes Task Force on Resilient Efficient Buildings and specifies task force membership. Requires task force to identify and evaluate policies related to building codes and building decarbonization for new and existing buildings that would enable state to meet greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals while maximizing other benefits. Requires task force to make policy recommendations for legislation to interim committees of Legislative Assembly related to environment before 2023 regular session of Legislative Assembly.

## 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/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1518/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1518/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1518/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1518/B-Engrossed)
5. **JWM Amendment -A7** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/22364)
6. **SEE Amendment -4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/22174)
7. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1518/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1518/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Marsh. Passed. — **36–21** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **28–16** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Lieber. Passed. — **19–7** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01T15:05:58+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01T16:27:56+00:00** Referred to Energy and Environment. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07T23:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2022-02-14T23:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2022-02-15T22:57:48+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15T22:57:49+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-18T23:42:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On General Government. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25T02:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2022-02-24T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2022-02-25T03:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2022-02-26T00:59:57+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-28T17:21:40+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01T19:15:26+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Lieber. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-01T22:35:44+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01T23:57:05+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02T06:25:10+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-03T01:34:01+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03T21:28:30+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Marsh. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-04T22:12:42+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-08T19:50:55+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-17T16:43:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-01T17:03:00+00:00** Chapter 35, 2022 Laws.
- **2022-04-01T17:10:00+00:00** Effective date, March 17, 2022.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc31d674-287a-4001-affb-bf2aa56b6ac1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).