---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to housing; prescribing an effective date; and providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths majority."
description: "Permits individual to create first-time home buyer savings account with financial institution to pay or reimburse account holder's eligible costs for first-time purchase of single family residence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 4007"
citation: "Oregon HB 4007 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 8
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-22T18:07:03+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-18T22:54:45+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c89df2e1-a6f6-41b7-900e-ab0833d2f406"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Measures/Overview/HB4007"
source_hash: "aadf4d48baee0af2d44a2193cd47b6c71cbaefd83d3b1ab3fa09fcaa41d82d5b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-or"]
---

# Oregon HB 4007 (2018 Regular Session) — Relating to housing; prescribing an effective date; and providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths majority.

Permits individual to create first-time home buyer savings account with financial institution to pay or reimburse account holder's eligible costs for first-time purchase of single family residence.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4007/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4007/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4007/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4007/B-Engrossed)
5. **C-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4007/C-Engrossed)
6. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4007/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
7. **House Amendments to B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4007/House Amendments to B-Engrossed)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4007/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **30–14** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–4** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Keny-Guyer. Passed. — **40–19** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Monroe. Passed. — **20–9** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **5–4** (pass) · legislature

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-22T18:07:03+00:00** Presession Released to the Public.
- **2018-02-05T15:22:09+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05T16:53:18+00:00** Referred to Human Services and Housing with subsequent referral to Revenue. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2018-02-13T16:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2018-02-15T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2018-02-19T16:57:57+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Revenue by prior reference. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-19T16:57:58+00:00** Referred to Revenue by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2018-02-21T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2018-02-22T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2018-02-26T17:39:52+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed B-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-26T17:41:15+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27T02:06:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Capital Construction. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01T21:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2018-03-01T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2018-03-02T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2018-03-03T03:29:46+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed C-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-03T16:26:30+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2018-03-03T17:23:55+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Keny-Guyer. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-03T18:13:33+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-03T18:14:15+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-03T21:44:11+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the C-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-03T22:50:57+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2018-03-03T23:04:57+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Monroe. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-03T23:05:57+00:00** Vote explanation filed by Boquist.
- **2018-03-03T17:24:55+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Smith DB.
- **2018-03-07T00:24:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-13T17:22:07+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-04-13T22:28:03+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-18T22:54:45+00:00** Chapter 109, (2018 Laws): Effective date June 2, 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c89df2e1-a6f6-41b7-900e-ab0833d2f406`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).