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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to electronic access to residential tenancies; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Defines \"tenant portal\" for the purposes of residential tenancies. Requires landlords to provide an alternative to a tenant portal in response to a request from an applicant or tenant<b> under certain circumstances</b>. Prohibits landlords from requiring payments via a tenant portal, card or electronic means. Requires landlords to provide an alternative to a tenant portal to access common areas of the premises. Allows landlords to charge tenants for payment processing fees for payments made by credit card or tenant portal. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2026R1"
identifier: "SB 1523"
citation: "Oregon SB 1523 (2026R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-02T15:32:59+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-17T17:33:50+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/171cf103-1ada-4111-b166-88e4661e4800"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/SB1523"
source_hash: "9655e3f4647cd9ddbcf13e5bcbb4bf3e2d5867106c3f83fac8fcd748bad11426"
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 1523 (2026R1) — Relating to electronic access to residential tenancies; and prescribing an effective date.
Defines "tenant portal" for the purposes of residential tenancies. Requires landlords to provide an alternative to a tenant portal in response to a request from an applicant or tenant<b> under certain circumstances</b>. Prohibits landlords from requiring payments via a tenant portal, card or electronic means. Requires landlords to provide an alternative to a tenant portal to access common areas of the premises. Allows landlords to charge tenants for payment processing fees for payments made by credit card or tenant portal. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
## 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/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1523/Introduced)
2. **Senate Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1523/Senate%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1523/A-Engrossed)
4. **SHDEV Amendment -4** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/30145)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB1523/Enrolled)
## Votes
- Third reading. Carried by Pham. Passed. — **22–7** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Mannix. Passed. — **51–6** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–0** (pass) · upper
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-02T15:32:59+00:00** Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02T17:38:57+00:00** Referred to Housing and Development. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2026-02-10T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2026-02-13T23:27:15+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. (Printed A-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-16T19:05:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17T20:41:33+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Pham. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-17T20:42:33+00:00** Girod declared potential conflict of interest.
- **2026-02-17T21:27:40+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18T00:20:19+00:00** Referred to Housing and Homelessness. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19T23:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2026-02-24T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2026-02-25T21:35:52+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25T23:54:31+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-26T19:41:36+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Mannix. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-27T21:03:14+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-02-27T23:33:35+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-05T22:50:02+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-17T17:32:42+00:00** Chapter 23, 2026 Laws.
- **2026-03-17T17:33:50+00:00** Effective date, June 5, 2026.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/171cf103-1ada-4111-b166-88e4661e4800`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).