Back to Oregon
Oregon2025Enacted

HB3589

Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to develop a senior housing development initiative.

Last scannedAug 22, 2026, 2:40 AM

In one sentence

Digest: This Act requires OHCS to focus on senior housing and sweeps moneys from tax deferrals for such housing.

What it does

  • Digest: This Act requires OHCS to focus on senior housing and sweeps moneys from tax deferrals for such housing.
  • (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6).
  • Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to develop a senior housing development initiative.
  • Transfers moneys from the Senior Property Tax Deferral Revolving Account to be used for the initiative.

Who it affects

Not clearly identified in the stored source.

Limits and unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Official record

Sources

Source attached

Official summary

Digest: This Act requires OHCS to focus on senior housing and sweeps moneys from tax deferrals for such housing. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6). Requires the Housing and Community Services Department to develop a senior housing development initiative. Transfers moneys from the Senior Property Tax Deferral Revolving Account to be used for the initiative. Requires the Department of Revenue to annually review the account, beginning in 2027, for <b>estimated</b> excess funds to transfer to the [<i>Elderly and Disabled Housing Fund</i>] <b>General Housing Account</b> for the initiative. Sunsets July 1, 2031. Provides that projects funded by the Elderly and Disabled Housing Fund remain eligible for affordable housing tax credits. Relating to: Relating to housing. Current location: Chapter Number Assigned

Official activity

Bill history

  1. Chapter 576, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.House
  2. Governor signed.House
  3. Speaker signed.House
  4. President signed.Senate
  5. Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill.Senate
  6. Second reading.Senate
  7. Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. Ayes, 22; Nays, 3--Girod, Linthicum, Robinson; Excused, 5--Gorsek, Prozanski, Reynolds, Starr, Thatcher.Senate
  8. First reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
  9. Referred to Ways and Means.Senate
  10. Third reading. Carried by Marsh. Passed. Ayes, 43; Absent, 1--Harbick; Excused, 13--Boice, Boshart Davis, Cate, Diehl, Drazan, Edwards, Nguyen H, Osborne, Scharf, Skarlatos, Wallan, Wright, Yunker; Excused for Business of the House, 3--Evans, Pham H, Sosa.House
  11. Second reading.House
  12. Recommendation: Do pass.House
  13. Work Session held.House
  14. Work Session held.House
  15. Returned to Full Committee.House
  16. Assigned to Subcommittee On Transportation and Economic Development.House
  17. Recommendation: Do pass and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.House
  18. Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference.House
  19. Work Session held.House
  20. Work Session held.House