republic-os/legislation/us/states/or/2025r1/hb-2658.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to conditions of development."
description: "</b> </i>] [<i>Prohibits cities or counties from conditioning a permit or zoning change on the development of an improvement project that has already been financed, planned or approved.</i>] <b>Prohibits a municipality from requiring in, or as a condition of obtaining, a construction permit to renovate or otherwise alter an existing building that the construction permit holder install a frontage improvement if the alteration does not increase the building's square footage or footprint, if the cost of the alteration does not exceed a specified amount and if existing or proposed uses for the building do not change the occupancy classification group that applied to the building. Specifies exemptions from the prohibition. Requires a municipality and the Department of Transportation to determine if a design, engineering or construction plan exists for any frontage improvements that the municipality or the department requires along a state highway as a condition of obtaining a construction permit or final action on a permit or zone change.</b> Applies to [<i>cities or counties</i>]<b> municipalities</b> with a population of 15,000 or greater. Beginning on January 1, 2031, applies to all [<i>cities and counties</i>]<b> municipalities</b>."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2025R1"
identifier: "HB 2658"
citation: "Oregon HB 2658 (2025R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul Evans"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00"
last_action: "2025-08-07T21:11:07+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a5d11dd-7769-4813-bd88-ff00b358dfe0"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2658"
source_hash: "3b9f44409dd6b855650cb60a84bcfda3afbf731e1af939101b7f4c9dcfbf20ef"
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 2658 (2025R1) — Relating to conditions of development.

</b> </i>] [<i>Prohibits cities or counties from conditioning a permit or zoning change on the development of an improvement project that has already been financed, planned or approved.</i>] <b>Prohibits a municipality from requiring in, or as a condition of obtaining, a construction permit to renovate or otherwise alter an existing building that the construction permit holder install a frontage improvement if the alteration does not increase the building's square footage or footprint, if the cost of the alteration does not exceed a specified amount and if existing or proposed uses for the building do not change the occupancy classification group that applied to the building. Specifies exemptions from the prohibition. Requires a municipality and the Department of Transportation to determine if a design, engineering or construction plan exists for any frontage improvements that the municipality or the department requires along a state highway as a condition of obtaining a construction permit or final action on a permit or zone change.</b> Applies to [<i>cities or counties</i>]<b> municipalities</b> with a population of 15,000 or greater. Beginning on January 1, 2031, applies to all [<i>cities and counties</i>]<b> municipalities</b>.

## 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/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2658/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2658/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2658/A-Engrossed)
4. **SRULES Amendment -5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/29600)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2658/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Evans. Passed. — **46–5** (pass) · lower
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **51–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Bonham. Passed. — **29–1** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Paul Evans — primary (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Andersen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13T16:01:32+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-17T20:47:46+00:00** Referred to Emergency Management, General Government, and Veterans. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-04-08T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-04-11T21:48:13+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14T18:07:11+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15T21:28:15+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Evans. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-16T18:55:02+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-21T16:26:28+00:00** Referred to Housing and Development. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-05-21T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-06-09T22:32:00+00:00** Recommendation: Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Rules.
- **2025-06-09T22:32:01+00:00** Referred to Rules by order of the President. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-16T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2025-06-17T20:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2025-06-19T16:38:44+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-20T20:01:33+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-06-23T19:37:03+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Bonham. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-06-24T18:00:05+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2025-06-23T19:38:03+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Neron Misslin.
- **2025-06-26T16:37:09+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2025-06-26T22:38:22+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2025-07-18T02:25:24+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-07T21:11:07+00:00** Chapter 486, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a5d11dd-7769-4813-bd88-ff00b358dfe0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).