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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
A-Engrossed
House Bill 2961
Ordered by the House April 14
Including House Amendments dated April 14
Sponsored by Representative GAMBA; Representatives HELM, NGUYEN H, Senators GORSEK, PHAM K (Preses-
sion 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. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards.
Digest: Sets the percentage of parking spaces in some new buildings that must have what
is needed to charge electric cars. (Flesch Readability Score: 72.3).
[Digest: Increases the number of parking spaces in some new buildings that must have what is
needed to charge electric cars. (Flesch Readability Score: 68.0). ]
[Increases ] Specifies, for newly constructed buildings within a metropolitan jurisdiction,
the percentage of electrical service capacity for charging electric vehicles or electric vehicle
charging stations that must be installed at vehicle parking spaces in the garages or parking areas
of [ newly constructed ] commercial buildings, multifamily buildings with [ five] 10 or more units and
mixed-use buildings consisting of privately owned commercial space and [ five] 10 or more residential
dwelling units.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to the capacity for electric vehicle charging required in certain newly constructed
buildings; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 455.417.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
ORS 455.417 is amended to read:
455.417. (1) As used in this section:
(a) “Electric vehicle charging station” means a device or facility for delivering electricity for
motor vehicles that use electricity for propulsion.
[(b) “Municipality” has the meaning given that term in ORS 455.010. ]
(b) “Metropolitan jurisdiction” means a city, county or other local government body that
exists within Clackamas, Multnomah or Washington County.
(c) “Provisions for electrical service capacity” means:
(A)(i) Building electrical service, sized for the anticipated load of electric vehicle charging
stations, that has overcurrent devices necessary for electric vehicle charging stations or has ade-
quate space to add the overcurrent devices;
(ii) Designated space within a building to add electrical service with capacity for electric vehi-
cle charging stations; or
(iii) A designated location on building property, in or adjacent to a landscaped area, for in-
stalling remote service for electric vehicle charging stations; and
(B) A conduit system installed from building electrical service, or from the dedicated spaces or
locations described in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, to parking spaces that can support, at a
minimum, electrical wiring for installation of level 2 electric vehicle charging stations and, if the
conduit is for future installation of electric vehicle charging stations, that labels both ends of the
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 826
A-Eng. HB 2961
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conduit to mark the conduit as provided for future electric vehicle charging stations.
(d) “Townhouse” has the meaning given that term in ORS 197A.420.
(2)(a) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall adopt amend-
ments to the state building code to require newly constructed buildings [ described in subsection (3)(a)
of this section ] within a metropolitan jurisdiction to include provisions for electrical service ca-
pacity for charging electric vehicles. The code must require within a metropolitan jurisdiction
that:
(A) Each commercial building in private ownership include, at a minimum, provisions for
electrical service capacity at no less than 20 percent of the vehicle parking spaces in the garage
or parking area for the building.
(B) Each multifamily residential building with 10 or more residential dwelling units, or
mixed-use building consisting of privately owned commercial space and 10 or more residential
dwelling units, include, at a minimum:
(i) Provisions for electrical service capacity at no less than 20 percent of the vehicle
parking spaces that are available in the garage or parking area for the building; and
(ii) Level 2 or level 3 electric vehicle charging stations installed and ready for use in at
least five percent, but not less than one, of the vehicle parking spaces that are available in
the garage or parking area for the building.
(b) Fractional numbers derived from a calculation of the vehicle parking spaces must be rounded
up to the nearest whole number.
[(3)(a) The director shall make code requirements under subsection (2) of this section applicable
only to:]
[(A) Commercial buildings under private ownership; ]
[(B) Multifamily residential buildings with five or more residential dwelling units; and ]
[(C) Mixed-use buildings consisting of privately owned commercial space and five or more resi-
dential dwelling units. ]
[(b)] (3) The director may not make code requirements under subsection (2) of this section ap-
plicable to townhouses.
(4) Notwithstanding ORS 455.040, a [ municipality] metropolitan jurisdiction may, by process
concerning land use, require that each newly constructed building described in subsection [ (3)(a)]
(2) of this section include provisions for electrical service capacity to accommodate more than [ 20
percent of ] the percentages specified in subsection (2) of this section for vehicle parking spaces
in the garage or parking area for the building.
SECTION 2.
The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services shall
ensure that the initial amendments to the state building code required under the amend-
ments to ORS 455.417 by section 1 of this 2025 Act:
(1) Take effect on July 1, 2026; and
(2) Apply to new construction for which a person first applies for a building permit within
a metropolitan jurisdiction on or after July 1, 2026.[2]