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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2139
Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession filed (at the request of Governor Tina Kotek for
Office of the Governor)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced.The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
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 de-
partment to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to housing
not later than September 15, 2026.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to housing.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. The Housing and Community Services Department shall study issues re-
garding housing. The department shall submit a report in the manner provided by ORS
192.245, and may include recommendations for legislation, to the interim committees of the
Legislative Assembly related to housing no later than September 15, 2026.
SECTION 2.Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2027.
NOTE:Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
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