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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
A-Engrossed
Senate Bill 49
Ordered by the Senate April 9
Including Senate Amendments dated April 9
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the President of the Senate in conformance with pre-
session filing rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part of the President (at the request
of Senate Interim Committee on Housing and Development)
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. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards.
Digest: This Act adds two members to the Building Codes Structures Board. (Flesch
Readability Score: 87.9).
[Digest: The Act tells OHCS to study housing. (Flesch Readability Score: 90.9).]
[Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to study housing and to report to the
interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to housing by September 15, 2026.]
Adds two members to the Building Codes Structures Board and adds two professions that
the board members must represent.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to housing; amending ORS 455.132.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 455.132 is amended to read:
455.132. (1) There is established in the Department of Consumer and Business Services a Build-
ing Codes Structures Board consisting of [nine] 11 members.
(2) The Building Codes Structures Board shall assist the Director of the Department of Con-
sumer and Business Services in administering the structural, prefabricated structures and energy
programs described in this chapter and the accessibility to persons with physical disabilities pro-
gram described in ORS 447.210 to 447.280.
(3) The board shall consist of members broadly representative of the industries and professions
involved in the development and construction of buildings and energy conservation, including:
(a) An architect [or engineer];
(b) A general contractor, as defined in ORS 701.005, specializing in the construction of buildings
more than three stories above grade;
(c) A contractor specializing in construction for heavy industry;
(d) A representative of the building trade;
(e) A representative of a utility or energy supplier;
(f) A representative of a fire protection agency;
(g) A building official;
(h) An owner or manager of a commercial office building; [and]
(i) A representative selected from individuals recommended by the Oregon Disabilities
Commission[.];
(j) A fire protection engineer; and
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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(k) A structural engineer, certified or registered under ORS 672.107, specializing in the
design of residential buildings more than three stories above grade.
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