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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 1095
Sponsored by Senator BROADMAN; Senators ANDERSON, JAMA, Representative GAMBA
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 would let cities and counties impose a fee on homes that are vacant for more
than 180 days in a calendar year.(Flesch Readability Score: 69.6).
Authorizes cities and counties to impose a fee on noncommercial residences that are vacant for
more than 180 consecutive or cumulative days in a calendar year.
Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to vacant home fees; and prescribing an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. (1) As used in this section:
(a) “Vacant” means:
(A) Unoccupied, other than by reason of health, active military service or a first
responder’s duties in an officially declared emergency;
(B) Empty of personal property; or
(C) Occupied without the knowledge or consent of the owner.
(b) “Vacant home” means a noncommercial residence that is vacant for more than 180
consecutive or cumulative days in a calendar year.
(2)(a) The governing body of a city or county may adopt an ordinance or resolution under
which a fee is imposed on a vacant home per year of vacancy.
(b) The fee may give rise to a lien against the vacant home.
(c) The ordinance or resolution may include additional exemptions and exclusions from
thefee.
(3) The city or county may use fee revenues only for:
(a) Administration of the vacant home fee program; and
(b) Development and construction of housing units affordable to households with an an-
nual income between 80 and 130 percent of the annual area median income in the city or
county.
SECTION 2. This 2025 Act takes effect on the 91st day after the date on which the 2025
regular session of the Eighty-third Legislative Assembly adjourns sine die.
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.
LC 4305