Oregon legislation · 2025 Legislative Measures
Oregon HB3136: Relating to composition of planning commissions.
Status: Chaptered, July 7, 2025
Digest: This Act lets more land professionals serve on planning commissions. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Removes a requirement that a maximum of two real estate professionals may serve on a city or county planning commission for commissions with more than five members .
What the bill says
From the enrolled text, June 11, 2025:
83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session House Bill 3136 Sponsored by Representative BREESE-IVERSON, Senators MEEK, ANDERSON; Representatives OSBORNE, RESCHKE, Senator SMITH DB (Presession filed.) CHAPTER ................................................. Relating to composition of planning commissions; amending ORS 215.030 and 227.030. SECTION 1. ORS 215.030 is amended to read: 215.030. (1) The county planning commission shall consist of five, seven or nine members appointed by the governing body for four-year terms, or until their respective successors are appointed and qualified[; provided that in the first instance], except that the terms of the initial members [shall] must be staggered for one, two, three and four years. (2) A commission member may be removed by the governing body, after hearing, for misconduct or nonperformance of duty. (3) Any vacancy on the commission [shall] must be filled by the governing body for the unexpired term. (4) Members of the commission shall serve without compensation other than reimbursement for duly authorized expenses. (5) Members of a commission [shall] must be residents of the various geographic areas of the county. If the commission has five or fewer members, no more than two voting members [shall] may be engaged principally in the buying, selling or developing of real estate for profit, as individuals, or be members of any partnership or officers or employees of any corporation that is engaged principally …
Sponsors
- Vikki Breese-Iverson (R, 59) · primary sponsor
- Mark Meek (D, 20) · primary sponsor
- Richard Anderson (R, 5) · primary sponsor
- Virgle Osborne (R, 2)
- Eric Reschke (R, 55)
- David Smith (R, 1)
Latest actions
- : Chapter 355, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026.
- : Governor signed.
- : President signed.
- : Speaker signed.
- : Third reading. Carried by Smith DB. Passed.
- : Carried over to 06-11 by unanimous consent.
- : Carried over to 06-10 by unanimous consent.
- : Carried over to 06-09 by unanimous consent.
- : Carried over to 06-05 by unanimous consent.
- : Carried over to 06-04 by unanimous consent.
Votes
- Third reading. Carried by Smith DB. Passed. (June 11, 2025): 23 yea, 4 nay, passed
- SHDEV Committee Vote (May 21, 2025): 4 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Third reading. Carried by Breese-Iverson. Passed. (April 3, 2025): 55 yea, 0 nay, passed
- HHOUSH Committee Vote (March 24, 2025): 10 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Housing and Homelessness, Housing and Development
Common questions
- What is HB3136?
- HB3136 is a bill in the Oregon Legislature (2025 Legislative Measures): Relating to composition of planning commissions.
- What does HB3136 do?
- Digest: This Act lets more land professionals serve on planning commissions. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Removes a requirement that a maximum of two real estate professionals may serve on a city or county planning commission for commissions with more than five members .
- What is the status of HB3136?
- Chaptered as of July 7, 2025. Latest action: Chapter 355, (2025 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2026. (July 7, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB3136?
- Vikki Breese-Iverson (R, 59), with 5 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB3136?
- On the Oregon Legislature website: https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/3136
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