Econ. Develop. & Land Use

Economic, Development, and Land Use Alerts

HB 2258B Removes land use from control of local governments

VOTE: NO Date of Post: 04/11/2025 Status of bill: PASSED
Signed into Law, Gov Kotek 7-17-25

SB 1182 I-5 Surplus Land Gift to Albina Vision Trust t Albina Vision Trust

VOTE: NO Date of Post: 05/21/2025 Status of bill: PASSED
Signed into Law, Gov Kotek 6-24-25

HB 3974 caps screening fees for landords

VOTE: NO Date of Post: 06/02/2025 Status of bill: Died In Committee

SB 426 Property owner made responsible for unpaid wages

VOTE: NO Date of Post: 02/27/2025 Status of bill: PASSED
Signed; Gov Kotek 6-9-25

HB 3971 County can bypass landuse reg for a Landfill

VOTE: NO Date of Post: 05/17/2025 Status of bill: Died In Committee

SB 49 Increases Building Codes Board

VOTE: YES Date of Post: 03/09/2025 Status of bill: PASSED
Signed; Gov Kotek 5-19-25

HB 2688 Expansion of prevailing wage

VOTE: NO Date of Post: 04/12/2025 Status of bill: PASSED
Signed; Gov Kotek 7-31-25

HB 3499 Voter approval of urban renewal plan

VOTE: YES Date of Post: 04/10/2025 Status of bill: Died In Committee

SB 1119 Employer treatment of immigrant employees

VOTE: NO Date of Post: 04/07/2025 Status of bill: Died In Committee

SB 949-3 $10 million for affordable housing project in Portland

VOTE: NO Date of Post: 02/10/2025 Status of bill: Died In Committee

SB 569 Grants minority businessowners priority

VOTE: NO Date of Post: 01/29/2025 Status of bill: Died In Committee

SB 381 & SB 490 Increases exemption to corporate activity tax

VOTE: YES Date of Post: 03/03/2025 Status of bill: Died In Committee

SB 973 Requires a landlord of publicly supported housing to give 30 months notice of rent increase.

VOTE: YES Date of Post: 03/03/2025 Status of bill: PASSED
Signed; Gov Kotek 5-22-25

SB 641 Prohibits China from buying Oregon farm land

VOTE: YES Date of Post: 02/17/2025 Status of bill: Died in Committee

SB 13 Allows experience to substitute for a diploma

VOTE: YES Date of Post: 02/14/2025 Status of bill: Died in Committee

HB 2557 Prohibits raising octopus for consumption

VOTE: NO Date of Post: 02/02/2025 Status of bill: Died in Committee

SJM 3 Federal reimbursement for wildfire costs

VOTE: YES Date of Post: 01/14/2025 Status of bill: Died In Committee

1. Click on the link at the top of the bill alert by “status (overview) of bill”
2. On the next page, click on the “Submit Testimony” tab (it’s last on the right)
3. On the next page, fill in the 5 required fields (they have an asterisk (*) by them)
4. Then click on either “text testimony” or “upload a PDF.”

If you click on text testimony, you can then type in what you want to say.

If you click on upload a PDF, then you’ll get the option to select a file from your computer.

Below is a short video of how to submit testimony from our website – Thanks to Informed Voter on Rumble.