---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to cemeteries; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Permits State Mortuary and Cemetery Board to grant temporary operating permit for cemetery without operating license to perform interment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 4073"
citation: "Oregon HB 4073 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["E. Werner Reschke", "Karin Power", "Sherrie Sprenger"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
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/e0f36be3-41cb-4360-a7ca-1c51a2f827a3"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Measures/Overview/HB4073"
source_hash: "00895d7db4460f98f491e894d1947a15627d8a1c00bf0b36822faf4c1a86598e"
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 4073 (2018 Regular Session) — Relating to cemeteries; and declaring an emergency.

Permits State Mortuary and Cemetery Board to grant temporary operating permit for cemetery without operating license to perform interment.

## 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/HB4073/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4073/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4073/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4073/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Sprenger. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Linthicum. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- E. Werner Reschke — primary (person)
- Karin Power — primary (person)
- Sherrie Sprenger — primary (person)
- Andy Olson — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nearman — cosponsor (person)
- Sal Esquivel — 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 Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2018-02-13T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2018-02-14T22:39:55+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15T17:20:29+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2018-02-16T21:51:20+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to February 19, 2018 Calendar.
- **2018-02-19T19:26:01+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Sprenger. 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 General Government and Accountability. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22T23:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2018-02-26T16:33:50+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-26T18:15:44+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2018-02-27T19:26:58+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Linthicum. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **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 27, (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/e0f36be3-41cb-4360-a7ca-1c51a2f827a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).