SB 974 — Requires local governments or special districts to complete final review of final engineering plans for residential development within 120 days of submission.
Congress · introduced 2025-01-30
Digest: This Act speeds up review of housing permits. (Flesch Readability Score: 82.3). Requires local governments or special districts to complete final review of final engineering plans for residential development within [<i>90</i>]<b> 120</b> days of submission. [<i>Defines "urban housing application." Requires urban housing applications to be reviewed as limited land use decisions. Authorizes award of attorney fees to applicant if engineering plans or land use applications for residential development are not processed timely.</i>] <b>Establishes a limited review process for certain applications for residential development within an urban growth boundary. Becomes operative on July 1, 2026.</b> Prohibits local governments from applying certain design review requirements for certain [<i>urban housing applications</i>]<b> residential developments within an urban growth boundary</b>. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
Latest action: — Chapter Number Assigned
Sponsors
- Jama, Kayse (D, OR-24) — sponsor
- Broadman, Anthony (D, OR-27) — sponsor
- Anderson, Dick (R, OR-5) — sponsor
- Meek, Mark (D, OR-20) — sponsor
- Smith, David Brock (R, OR-1) — cosponsor
- Patterson, Deb (D, OR-10) — cosponsor
- Javadi, Cyrus (R, OR-32) — cosponsor
- Marsh, Pam (D, OR-5) — cosponsor
- Pham, Khanh (D, OR-23) — cosponsor
- Andersen, Tom (D, OR-19) — cosponsor
- Chotzen, Willy (D, OR-46) — cosponsor
- Tran, Thuy (D, OR-45) — cosponsor
- Fahey, Julie (D, OR-14) — cosponsor
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Inbound (13)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-30 | Andersen, Tom | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-30 | Chotzen, Willy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-30 | Javadi, Cyrus | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-30 | Marsh, Pam | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-30 | Fahey, Julie | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-30 | Tran, Thuy | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-30 | Anderson, Dick | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-30 | Broadman, Anthony | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-30 | Jama, Kayse | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-30 | Meek, Mark | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-30 | Patterson, Deb | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-30 | Pham, Khanh | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-01-30 | Smith, David Brock | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anderson, Dick (R, state_upper OR-5) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Broadman, Anthony (D, state_upper OR-27) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 3 | Jama, Kayse (D, state_upper OR-24) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 4 | Meek, Mark (D, state_upper OR-20) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 5 | Andersen, Tom (D, state_lower OR-19) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Chotzen, Willy (D, state_lower OR-46) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Fahey, Julie (D, state_lower OR-14) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Javadi, Cyrus (R, state_lower OR-32) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Marsh, Pam (D, state_lower OR-5) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Patterson, Deb (D, state_upper OR-10) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Pham, Khanh (D, state_upper OR-23) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Smith, David Brock (R, state_upper OR-1) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Tran, Thuy (D, state_lower OR-45) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2025-01-30 · cosponsored by Marsh, Pam (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-30 · cosponsored by Javadi, Cyrus (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-30 · cosponsored by Fahey, Julie (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-30 · cosponsored by Chotzen, Willy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-30 · cosponsored by Pham, Khanh (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-30 · sponsored by Broadman, Anthony (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-30 · cosponsored by Smith, David Brock (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-30 · cosponsored by Tran, Thuy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-30 · sponsored by Meek, Mark (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-30 · sponsored by Jama, Kayse (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-30 · sponsored by Anderson, Dick (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-30 · cosponsored by Patterson, Deb (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-01-30 · cosponsored by Andersen, Tom (cosponsor) · sponsorship