HB2257 • 2025

Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Business Development Department to provide grants to specified cities to build infrastructure that will contribute to the development of housing under the program established by a 2024 Act.

Housing

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Representative Wright
Last action: 2025-06-27
Official status: In House Committee
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Business Development Department to provide grants to specified cities to build infrastructure that will contribute to the development of housing under the program established by a 2024 Act.

Digest: This Act gives money to OBDD to give grants to cities for infrastructure projects that will contribute to building more homes.

What This Bill Does

Digest: This Act gives money to OBDD to give grants to cities for infrastructure projects that will contribute to building more homes.
(Flesch Readability Score: 64.6).
Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Business Development Department to provide grants to specified cities to build infrastructure that will contribute to the development of housing under the program established by a 2024 Act.
Extends sunsets for the program and for cities' reports on the program.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

2025-06-27 House
In committee upon adjournment.
2025-01-17 House
Referred to Housing and Homelessness with subsequent referral to Ways and Means.
2025-01-13 House
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: This Act gives money to OBDD to give grants to cities for infrastructure projects that will contribute to building more homes. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.6).
Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Business Development Department to provide grants to specified cities to build infrastructure that will contribute to the development of housing under the program established by a 2024 Act. Extends sunsets for the program and for cities' reports on the program.
Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
Relating to: Relating to housing; declaring an emergency.
Current location: In House Committee

Current Bill Text

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2257
Sponsored by Representative WRIGHT (Presession filed.)
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: This Act gives money to OBDD to give grants to cities for infrastructure projects that
will contribute to building more homes. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.6).
Appropriates moneys to the Oregon Business Development Department to provide grants to
specified cities to build infrastructure that will contribute to the development of housing under the
program established by a 2024 Act. Extends sunsets for the program and for cities’ reports on the
program.
Declares an emergency, effective July 1, 2025.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to housing; creating new provisions; amending sections 3 and 4, chapter 103, Oregon Laws
2024; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
In addition to and not in lieu of any other appropriation, there is appropri-
ated to the Oregon Business Development Department, for the biennium beginning July 1,
2025, out of the General Fund, to provide grants under section 1, chapter 103, Oregon Laws
2024, the following amounts:
(1) $14,000,000 to the City of Coos Bay for infrastructure, including access road, culvert
replacement, pump station and force main and downstream sanitary system.
(2) $953,100 to the City of North Bend for essential infrastructure, including water, road
construction, utility connections, storm drainage and sanitary sewer systems.
(3) $5,520,000 to the City of Florence for infrastructure, including street development and
systems for water, wastewater, stormwater and electrical.
(4) $11,858,300 to the City of Reedsport for infrastructure, including street crossing,
sanitary sewer system, water main and storm main.
SECTION 2. Section 3, chapter 103, Oregon Laws 2024, is amended to read:
Sec. 3. Section 1 , chapter 103, Oregon Laws 2024, [ of this 2024 Act ] is repealed on January
2, [2026] 2027.
SECTION 3. Section 4, chapter 103, Oregon Laws 2024, is amended to read:
Sec. 4. Section 2 , chapter 103, Oregon Laws 2024, [ of this 2024 Act ] is repealed on January
2, [2030] 2031.
SECTION 4. This 2025 Act being necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, health and safety, an emergency is declared to exist, and this 2025 Act takes effect
July 1, 2025.
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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