---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to administrative rules; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Establishes Small Business Rules Advisory Committee to serve as advisory committee for agencies adopting new administrative rules and to review effectiveness of existing administrative rules."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 4052"
citation: "Oregon HB 4052 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Gomberg"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-22T18:07:03+00:00"
last_action: "2018-03-26T20:28:16+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7780387d-a105-40a5-95f8-47cf0e0557af"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Measures/Overview/HB4052"
source_hash: "8b621d17a191c9e33f37cc16ce8ce65a065f2de1ebec10d618bd34d2d8c53a8a"
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 4052 (2018 Regular Session) — Relating to administrative rules; and prescribing an effective date.

Establishes Small Business Rules Advisory Committee to serve as advisory committee for agencies adopting new administrative rules and to review effectiveness of existing administrative rules.

## 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/HB4052/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4052/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4052/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4052/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **10–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- David Gomberg — primary (person)
- Mike Nearman — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)

## 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 Economic Development and Trade with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2018-02-12T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2018-02-13T20:38:56+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and subsequent referral to Ways and Means be rescinded. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-13T20:38:57+00:00** Subsequent referral to Ways and Means rescinded by order of the Speaker.
- **2018-02-14T17:40:42+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2018-02-16T01:00:43+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-16T17:57:19+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-16T21:17:17+00:00** Referred to General Government and Accountability. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22T23:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2018-02-26T16:33:48+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-26T18:15:44+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2018-02-27T19:19:58+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-27T19:20:58+00:00** Baertschiger Jr declared potential conflict of interest.
- **2018-03-02T23:19:20+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-03T19:43:13+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-16T17:26:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-26T20:28:16+00:00** Chapter 20, (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/7780387d-a105-40a5-95f8-47cf0e0557af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).