Oregon legislation · 2025 Legislative Measures
Oregon SB87: Relating to the authority of agencies that regulate building safety in this state.
Status: Chaptered, April 13, 2026
Digest: Lets a state agency agree with a local agency how to share duties for enforcing the Electrical Safety Law. Sets higher fines for not obeying the building code. Lets the state agency that governs contractors keep more of the money it collects as fines for breaking the law. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). Permits the Electrical and Elevator Board to enter into agreements with municipalities to share responsibility for enforcing the Electrical Safety Law. Permits the Construction Contractors Board to retain a higher percentage of the proceeds of civil penalties the Construction Contractors Board imposes. Raises the amount of a civil penalty that the Department of Consumer and Business Services may impose for a violation of the state building code from $5,000 per violation to $7,500.
What the bill says
A bill FOR AN ACT Relating to the authority of agencies that regulate building safety in this state; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 455.185, 455.895 and 701.255.
From the introduced text, January 10, 2025:
A BILL FOR AN ACT Relating to the authority of agencies that regulate building safety in this state; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 455.185, 455.895 and 701.255. Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon: SECTION 1. ORS 455.185 is amended to read: 455.185. (1)(a) Notwithstanding ORS 455.148, 455.150 and 455.153, upon request by one or more municipalities and with the consent of all affected parties, the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may enter into an agreement for the Department of Consumer and Business Services to uniformly administer and enforce within a geographic area all or a portion of a building inspection program [within a geographic area]. (b) Notwithstanding ORS 455.156, 479.820, 479.854 and 479.855, at the request of one or more municipalities the Electrical and Elevator Board may enter into an agreement to establish an electrical licensing enforcement program within a geographic area under ORS 479.510 to 479.945. (c) [The] A geographic area described in paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection may be a municipality, a region comprising parts of more than one municipality or a region comprising multiple municipalities. The geographic area need not correspond to the jurisdictional boundaries of municipalities. [The] An agreement under paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection may provide for the department or the …
Sponsors
- Mark Meek (D, 20) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chapter 116, (2026 Laws): Effective date June 5, 2026.
- : Governor signed.
- : President signed.
- : Speaker signed.
- : Third reading. Carried by Frederick. Passed.
- : Second reading.
- : Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill.
- : Referred to Ways and Means.
- : First reading. Referred to President's desk.
- : Third reading. Carried by Ruiz. Passed.
Votes
- SLB Committee Vote (February 6, 2025): 5 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Ways and Means, Labor and Business
Common questions
- What is SB87?
- SB87 is a bill in the Oregon Legislature (2025 Legislative Measures): Relating to the authority of agencies that regulate building safety in this state.
- What does SB87 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR AN ACT Relating to the authority of agencies that regulate building safety in this state; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 455.185, 455.895 and 701.255.
- What is the status of SB87?
- Chaptered as of April 13, 2026. Latest action: Chapter 116, (2026 Laws): Effective date June 5, 2026. (April 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB87?
- Mark Meek (D, 20).
- Where is the official record for SB87?
- On the Oregon Legislature website: https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/87
Source: official Oregon record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.