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Bill to loosen limits on real‑estate professionals on planning commissions draws mixed reactions
Summary
Representative Vicki Breece Iverson told the Senate Committee on Housing and Development that House Bill 31 36 a would clarify and modernize state limits on how many people working in real‑estate professions may serve on larger local planning commissions.
Representative Vicki Breece Iverson introduced House Bill 31 36 a to the Senate Committee on Housing and Development on May 14, 2025. The bill would remove a provision that bars more than two voting members of city or county planning commissions from engaging “principally in the buying, selling, or developing of real estate for profit” for commissions larger than five members; it would preserve restrictions for five‑member commissions.
Iverson said the statute (found in ORS 215.03 for counties and ORS 227.03 for cities) is confusing and has become an inequitable restriction on qualified volunteers. She told the committee the…
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