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HB3493 • 2025

Prohibits landlords from banning political canvassing or solitication in manufactured dwelling parks and marinas.

Prohibits landlords from banning political canvassing or solitication in manufactured dwelling parks and marinas.

Housing
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Representative Neron,, Senator Woods, Representative Bowman,, Marsh
Last action
2025-06-27
Official status
In House Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Prohibits landlords from banning political canvassing or solitication in manufactured dwelling parks and marinas.

Digest: This Act stops landlords of mobile and floating home parks from banning political campaigns from knocking on doors.

What This Bill Does

  • Digest: This Act stops landlords of mobile and floating home parks from banning political campaigns from knocking on doors.
  • (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6).
  • Prohibits landlords from banning political canvassing or solitication in manufactured dwelling parks and marinas.
  • Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

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.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-27 House

    In committee upon adjournment.

  2. 2025-03-10 House

    Public Hearing held.

  3. 2025-02-06 House

    Referred to Rules.

  4. 2025-02-04 House

    First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

Official Summary Text

Digest: This Act stops landlords of mobile and floating home parks from banning political campaigns from knocking on doors. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6).
Prohibits landlords from banning political canvassing or solitication in manufactured dwelling parks and marinas.
Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Relating to: Relating to political activities in residential tenant facilities; prescribing an effective date.
Current location: In House Committee

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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 3493
Sponsored by Representative NERON, Senator WOODS; Representative BOWMAN
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 stops landlords of mobile and floating home parks from banning political cam-
paigns from knocking on doors. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.6).
Prohibits landlords from banning political canvassing or solitication in manufactured dwelling
parks and marinas.
Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to political activities in residential tenant facilities; amending ORS 90.755; and prescribing
an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
ORS 90.755 is amended to read:
90.755. [(1) No ] Notwithstanding any provision in any bylaw, rental agreement, regulation or
rule, within a facility a landlord:
(1) May not infringe upon the right of a [ person who rents a space for a manufactured dwelling
or floating home ] tenant to invite public officers, candidates for public office or officers or repre-
sentatives of a tenant organization to appear and speak upon matters of public interest in the com-
mon areas or recreational areas of the facility at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner in
an open public meeting.
(2) [ The landlord of a facility, however, ] May enforce reasonable rules and regulations relating
to the time, place and scheduling of the speakers that will protect the interests of the majority of
the homeowners.
[(2)] (3) [ The landlord shall allow the tenant to place ] May not prohibit a tenant from placing
political signs on or in a manufactured dwelling or floating home owned by the tenant or the space
rented by the tenant.
(4) May reasonably regulate the size of the signs and the length of time for which the signs
may be displayed [ are subject to the reasonable rules of the landlord ].
(5) May not close the park to canvassing or solicitation by public officials, candidates for
public office or their proxies.
(6) Shall allow tenants to prohibit solicitation or to post “no soliciting” signs for their
dwelling unit.
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.
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