---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to veterans; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Directs Department of Veterans' Affairs to develop written material regarding apprenticeship opportunities and provide material to certain agencies, county veterans' service officers and veterans' organizations for distribution to veterans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 4098"
citation: "Oregon HB 4098 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Boquist", "Caddy McKeown", "Dallas Heard", "Mark Meek", "Paul Evans"]
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/1e437c3d-a285-407d-ba70-e1d7783729e7"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Measures/Overview/HB4098"
source_hash: "ca2c16edb0d4b0ca16c1a4430c7a3ed0e3770fcf33170f4739a05c1dcc455515"
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 4098 (2018 Regular Session) — Relating to veterans; and prescribing an effective date.

Directs Department of Veterans' Affairs to develop written material regarding apprenticeship opportunities and provide material to certain agencies, county veterans' service officers and veterans' organizations for distribution to veterans.

## 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/HB4098/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4098/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Olsen. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Meek, Heard. Passed. — **56–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Brian Boquist — primary (person)
- Caddy McKeown — primary (person)
- Dallas Heard — primary (person)
- Mark Meek — primary (person)
- Paul Evans — primary (person)
- Alan Olsen — cosponsor (person)
- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Post — cosponsor (person)
- Brad Witt — cosponsor (person)
- Carla Piluso — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Gene Whisnant — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- John Lively — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
- Laurie Monnes Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Mitch Greenlick — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Susan McLain — cosponsor (person)
- Tawna Sanchez — 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 Veterans and Emergency Preparedness. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2018-02-13T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2018-02-14T22:39:56+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15T17:20:29+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2018-02-16T22:16:55+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Meek, Heard. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-19T17:30:37+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-19T21:19:26+00:00** Referred to Veterans and Emergency Preparedness. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26T16:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2018-02-27T16:18:07+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-27T18:12:02+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2018-02-28T19:38:21+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Olsen. 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 30, (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/1e437c3d-a285-407d-ba70-e1d7783729e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).