---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to seed contracts."
description: "Establishes requirements for seed production contracts and seed purchase contracts for seed other than agricultural seed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 4068"
citation: "Oregon HB 4068 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Post"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
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/13dc9210-a2f3-4f7e-8c2c-e00a43401bc4"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Measures/Overview/HB4068"
source_hash: "1ce9eb400011da24b8aac8f4cf17cfa8d0e94c7e3de6ef423649b8fed9396733"
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 4068 (2018 Regular Session) — Relating to seed contracts.

Establishes requirements for seed production contracts and seed purchase contracts for seed other than agricultural seed.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4068/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4068/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Post. Passed. — **59–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Bill Post — primary (person)
- Brad Witt — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Clem — cosponsor (person)
- Carl Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Parrish — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nearman — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Sal Esquivel — cosponsor (person)
- Susan McLain — 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 Agriculture and Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2018-02-08T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2018-02-10T01:04:55+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-12T17:07:00+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2018-02-13T19:26:00+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Post. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-14T17:24:13+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15T21:50:47+00:00** Referred to Business and Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-19T23:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2018-02-21T16:33:52+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21T19:00:01+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2018-02-22T19:47:09+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-26T16:24:32+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-02-26T22:55:39+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-16T17:26:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-26T20:28:16+00:00** Chapter 26, (2018 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13dc9210-a2f3-4f7e-8c2c-e00a43401bc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).