OregonOregon rental agreements must disclose where smoking is allowed
Starting January 1, 2027, Oregon rental agreements must disclose where smoking is allowed, and some landlords may later ban indoor smoking under specific conditions.
What it does
For some shared-wall or development-agreement homes, landlords may ban smoking inside homes and indoor shared areas without tenant consent, if they provide a posted smoking area and give advance notice.
Rental agreements must say whether smoking is allowed on the property and name the places where it is allowed if permission is limited to certain areas.
Argument forNeighbors could face less tobacco smoke indoors while tenants still have a posted area on the property where smoking is allowed.
Argument againstTenants in some shared-wall or development-agreement homes could lose permission to smoke indoors after their fixed-term lease ends.
More detail
A landlord may change a smoking policy to ban smoking inside homes or indoor shared areas without each tenant’s written consent. This applies when a landlord changes a smoking policy for a covered rental home. Smoking means inhaling or possessing a lit tobacco product. The home must be in a building developed under a development agreement or share a wall with another home, and it cannot be an accessible unit. The landlord must provide and post an area on the property where smoking is allowed, and give written notice at least 180 days before the change. The change cannot apply to a fixed-term rental until that rental term ends.
A rental agreement must disclose whether smoking is banned, allowed throughout the property, or allowed only in named areas. This applies to rental agreements for homes governed by Oregon’s residential landlord-tenant law. The rule does not apply to agreements for space in a facility covered by ORS 90.505 to 90.850. This applies to rental agreements made before, on, or after January 1, 2027.
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- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Apr 6Chapter 60, (2026 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2027.Latest
- Mar 31Governor Tina Kotek signed.Became Law
- Mar 5President signed.Major
- Mar 4Speaker signed.Major
- Mar 3Starr granted unanimous consent to declare potential conflict of interest after the vote.
- Vote recorded Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 3Girod declared potential conflict of interest.
- Mar 3Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed.Passed Senate
- Mar 2Second reading.Minor
- Mar 2Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill.Minor
- Feb 26Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- Vote recorded Heard and Reported Out. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 20Referred to Housing and Development.Minor
- Feb 20First reading. Referred to President's desk.Minor
- Feb 19Third reading. Carried by Edwards. Passed.Passed House
- Vote recorded Third reading. Carried by Edwards. Passed. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 19Rules suspended. Without objection, carry over to February 20, 2026 rescinded.
- Feb 19Rules suspended. Carried over to February 20, 2026 Calendar.
- Feb 19Rules suspended. Carried over to February 19, 2026 Calendar.
- Feb 17Second reading.Minor
- Feb 16Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed.Minor
- Feb 12Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- Vote recorded Heard and Reported Out with Amendments. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 2Referred to Housing and Homelessness.Minor
- Feb 2First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.Introduced
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