HB 4102 Oregon House · 2026 Regular Session

Relating to Department of Environmental Quality regulatory processes; and prescribing an effective date.

Summary

Modifies the authority of the Department of Environmental Quality to enter into agreements with regulated entities to expedite or enhance a regulatory process. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Feb 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

Signed into Law

Mar 2026

Introduced Feb 2, 2026 Signed Mar 31, 2026

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What changed between versions

Introduced → Enrolled · 4 edits · Mar 5, 2026

MODERATE

The bill was finalized and enrolled after passing both legislative chambers, with sponsors updated to reflect new co-sponsors. The core policy regarding how the Department of Environmental Quality can accept payments to expedite regulatory processes remains unchanged, but the text was cleaned up to remove editorial notes and formatting instructions.

Scope change

The bill's substantive scope and applicability remain unchanged; the text was converted from a draft version to the final enrolled version.

TECHNICAL

The bill title changed from 'Introduced' to 'Enrolled', indicating it has passed all legislative stages and is ready for the Governor's signature.

Editorial notes explaining how to read the bill (e.g., 'matter in boldfaced type is new') were removed as they are no longer needed in the final version.

Line numbers and page headers were adjusted to match the standard format of an enrolled bill.

SCOPE

The list of sponsoring legislators was updated to include new co-sponsors (Senators Lieber, Reynolds, Smith DB and Representative Owens) and corrected a name (Levy B added).

Floor votes · Senate Mar 2, 2026 · House Feb 10, 2026

How they voted

27–2

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 30

Mar 2, 2026

D Democratic18

16 Yea 2 Nay

88% Yea

R Republican12

11 Yea 1

91% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 31, 2026

Signed into law

Governor signed.

lower

Mar 5, 2026

Upper · Passed

President signed.

upper

Mar 4, 2026

Lower · Passed

Speaker signed.

lower

Mar 2, 2026

Introduced

Vote explanation(s) filed by Pham.

upper

Mar 2, 2026

Upper · Passed

Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed.

upper

Feb 27, 2026

Upper · Passed

Recommendation: Do pass.

upper

Feb 11, 2026

Committee

Referred to Energy and Environment.

upper

Feb 11, 2026

Introduced

First reading. Referred to President's desk.

upper

Feb 10, 2026

Lower · Passed

Third reading. Carried by Dobson. Passed.

lower

Feb 6, 2026

Lower · Passed

Recommendation: Do pass.

lower

Feb 2, 2026

Committee

Referred to Climate, Energy, and Environment.

lower

Feb 2, 2026

Introduced

First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.

lower

3 primary · 19 co-sponsors