l9n/ Oregon

2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 6

Requires the Department of Consumer and Business Services, a municipality, a building official or any other agency or official responsible for administering and enforcing the state building code to approve and issue, or disapprove and deny, any application for a building permit for middle housing or conventional single-family residential housing in a residential subdivision with more than six lots not later than 45 business days after the date on which the applicant submits a complete application.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Ways and Means Committee on June 27, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

Digest: Says an application for a building permit must be acted on not later than 45 days after it is done. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.8). Requires the Department of Consumer and Business Services, a municipality, a building official or any other agency or official responsible for administering and enforcing the state building code to approve and issue, or disapprove and deny, any application for a building permit<b> for middle housing or conventional single-family residential housing in a residential subdivision with more than six lots</b> not later than 45 business days after the date on which the applicant submits a complete application. <b>Requires any other agency or jurisdiction that must review an application for a building permit to complete the review within 10 business days after receipt or the portion of the application that is subject to the review is approved.</b> Declares that an application for a building permit is approved if the department, a municipality, a building official or any other agency or official fails to deny or act upon the application within the allowable period. Requires prompt issuance of the building permit in such circumstances. Makes the department, municipality, building official or other agency or official that fails to promptly issue the building permit liable to the applicant for the fees the applicant paid and the costs the applicant incurred in preparing the application.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

1 co-sponsor

David Brock Smith

Its course

March 10 to June 27, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action7 actions on 6 days

In the SenateMar 10 to Jun 27 · stopped109 days

Waiting for a committeeMar 10 to Mar 111 day

Housing and DevelopmentMar 11 to Apr 1535 days

Ways and MeansApr 15 to Jun 27 · stopped73 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Apr 15

Text

Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.

In the Senate Mar 10 – Jun 27

  1. Mar 10Introduced
  2. Mar 11Sent to Housing and Development
  3. Mar 17Heard in Housing and Development
  4. Apr 7Heard in Housing and Development
  5. Apr 15Housing and Development recommended it as amended, and that it go to Ways and Means
  6. Sent to Ways and Means
  7. Jun 27Died when the session ended
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Mar 10Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
  2. Mar 11Referred to Housing and Development.Senate
  3. Mar 17Public Hearing held.Senate
  4. Apr 7Work Session held.Senate
  5. Apr 15Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means. (Printed A-Eng.)Senate
  6. Apr 15Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President.Senate
  7. Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.Senate