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Oregon · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2138: Relating to land use; and declaring an emergency.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 2138 is a bill introduced in the Oregon House on January 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to land use; and declaring an emergency. Most recent recorded action (August 7, 2025): Chapter 476, (2025 Laws): Effective date July 17, 2025.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Expands allowable middle housing and expands middle housing requirements to include urban unincorporated lands. Expands allowable single room occupancies. Establishes dates by which local governments must implement changes. Makes retroactive the prohibition on private restrictions, including restrictions in governing documents of planned communities, that would limit middle housing, accessory dwelling units or housing density. Becomes operative January 1, 2027. Reforms expedited land division provisions and makes such divisions land use decisions that are exempt from hearing requirements and appeals by opponents. Allows for plats that consolidate a land division and a middle housing land division and requires review within 120 days. Requires the Land Conservation and Development Commission to adopt rules by January 1, 2028, to promote housing development and implement various provisions of this Act. Increases appropriations for rulemaking and for technical assistance grants. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
No sponsor recorded in source data.

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Chapter 476, (2025 Laws): Effective date July 17, 2025.
  2. Governor signed.
  3. President signed.
  4. Speaker signed.
  5. House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
  6. Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed.
  7. Second reading.
  8. Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the B-Eng. bill, to resolve conflicts. (Printed C-Eng.)
  9. Work Session held.
  10. Referred to Ways and Means.
  11. First reading. Referred to President's desk.
  12. Third reading. Carried by Marsh. Passed.

Showing 12 most recent of 26 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source