---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the use of land; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Permits and regulates establishment of guest ranches on eastern Oregon exclusive farm use lands. Deems certain existing guest ranches conforming uses. Sunsets guest ranch provisions on April 15, 2020."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 4031"
citation: "Oregon HB 4031 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-22T18:07:03+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-26T20:28:16+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21f8a705-9f8a-4143-992b-6edfe8a2e0c1"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Measures/Overview/HB4031"
source_hash: "edda8500c4570463dfb077acaab34ef0142c3ee2ff0e4556979f2c9e0ab4e43e"
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 4031 (2018 Regular Session) — Relating to the use of land; and declaring an emergency.

Permits and regulates establishment of guest ranches on eastern Oregon exclusive farm use lands. Deems certain existing guest ranches conforming uses. Sunsets guest ranch provisions on April 15, 2020.

## 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/HB4031/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4031/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4031/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4031/B-Engrossed)
5. **Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4031/Senate Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4031/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Clem. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · legislature
- House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill. — **40–19** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Bentz. Passed. — **27–1** (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 Agriculture and Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2018-02-08T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2018-02-13T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2018-02-15T22:35:52+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-16T17:53:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2018-02-19T19:43:44+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Clem. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-20T17:22:30+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20T21:12:58+00:00** Referred to Environment and Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2018-02-23T23:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2018-02-26T22:52:46+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-27T18:12:02+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2018-02-28T19:33:43+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Bentz. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-02T01:10:01+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments and repassed bill.
- **2018-03-04T01:52:24+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-05T22:59:31+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-02T01:15:00+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Smith DB.
- **2018-03-16T17:26:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-26T20:28:16+00:00** Chapter 15, (2018 Laws): Effective date March 16, 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21f8a705-9f8a-4143-992b-6edfe8a2e0c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).