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Senate interim committee introduces three housing legislative concepts
Summary
The Senate Interim Committee on Housing and Development voted to introduce three legislative concepts: LC 5 (developer offset provisions in the Portland MSA), LC 54 (a study requirement for the Housing and Community Services Department), and LC 278 (landlord obligations to offer non-electronic access methods). The motion passed by roll call.
Chair Pham opened the Senate Interim Committee on Housing and Development meeting and said the session would include a short work session to introduce committee legislative concepts and two informational meetings on housing-related topics.
Vice Chair Anderson moved to introduce three legislative concepts as committee bills: LC 5 (dated 01/05/2026), LC 54 (dated 12/05/2025) and LC 278 (dated 01/12/2026). Kyle, a staff member, read summaries into the record. Kyle described LC 5 as requiring jurisdictions in the Portland Metropolitan Statistical Area to calculate an "expected loss" and permitting that offset to be paid to developers via combinations of direct payments, tax exemptions, or fee waivers; LC 54 as a directive for the Housing and Community Services Department to study housing; and LC 278 as requiring landlords to offer tenants alternatives to purely electronic interactions and to define the term "tenant portal." The summaries and drafts were posted to OLISS, the committee materials site.
After a brief opportunity for discussion, the clerk called the roll. Senators Jawa, Nash, Patterson, Vice Chair Anderson, and the chair (recorded in the roll call as Chair Pammel) voted "Aye." The motion passed and the measures were introduced as committee bills.
The committee did not take final action on policy content at this meeting; introduction places the topics on the committee's docket for hearings and further development. The committee materials page on OLISS contains the concept drafts and staff summaries referenced during the work session.
Outcome: The committee voted to introduce LC 5, LC 54, and LC 278 as committee bills; the motion was moved by Vice Chair Anderson and passed on the recorded roll call.
