Oregon · Senate Bill 31 · 2025 Regular Session

Authorizes the Housing and Community Services Department to provide grants to support tenants of publicly supported housing when the housing's…

SB 31 Sponsored by Deb Patterson Died in committee

  1. Introduced Jan 13, 2025
  2. In committee Jan 17, 2025
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

This Act lets OHCS give grants to tenants whose public housing is terminated. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.9). [ Digest: The Act tells OHCS to study housing. (Flesch Readability Score: 90.9). ] [ Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to study housing. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to housing not later than September 15, 2026.…

Read the full title (113 words)

This Act lets OHCS give grants to tenants whose public housing is terminated. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.9). [ Digest: The Act tells OHCS to study housing. (Flesch Readability Score: 90.9). ] [ Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to study housing. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to housing not later than September 15, 2026. ] Authorizes the Housing and Community Services Department to provide grants to support tenants of publicly supported housing when the housing's affordability restrictions are terminated. Establishes the Expiring Affordable Housing Tenant Support Fund. Appropriates moneys for deposit into the fund. Declares an emergency, effective on July 1, 2025.

Read the full official title (24 words)

Authorizes the Housing and Community Services Department to provide grants to support tenants of publicly supported housing when the housing's affordability restrictions are terminated.

Every action

7 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. SenateIntroduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
  2. CommitteeReferred to Housing and Development. · Senate Housing and Development
  3. CommitteePublic Hearing held. · Senate Housing and Development
  4. CommitteeWork Session held. · Senate Housing and Development
  5. CommitteeRecommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means. (Printed A-Eng.) · Senate Housing and Development
  6. CommitteeReferred to Ways and Means by order of the President. · Joint Ways and Means
  7. SenateIn committee upon adjournment.

Roll calls

1 recorded vote: 0 on the floor, 1 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Mar 24, 2025 Senate Housing and Development Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means. (Printed A-Eng.)
Members

Yes · 5

 5–0

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 1 cosponsor: 1 Democrat.

All 1 cosponsor

From Oregon's official records (api.oregonlegislature.gov), checked Nov 13, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.