---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the offense of driving a motor vehicle while using a mobile electronic device; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Modifies <b>definitions,</b> exceptions and affirmative defenses<b> applicable</b> to offense of driving a motor vehicle while using a mobile electronic device."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 4116"
citation: "Oregon HB 4116 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Floyd Prozanski", "Ron Noble"]
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/644bf30d-9972-4077-9025-9ee4b9eeb723"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Measures/Overview/HB4116"
source_hash: "546a82c9b17a8dcca538b35129aee969878e61a7a79c7b58293ccf72c5c0f671"
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 4116 (2018 Regular Session) — Relating to the offense of driving a motor vehicle while using a mobile electronic device; and declaring an emergency.

Modifies <b>definitions,</b> exceptions and affirmative defenses<b> applicable</b> to offense of driving a motor vehicle while using a mobile electronic device.

## 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/HB4116/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4116/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4116/A-Engrossed)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4116/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Noble. Passed. — **56–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Bentz. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Floyd Prozanski — primary (person)
- Ron Noble — primary (person)
- A. Richard Vial — cosponsor (person)
- Andy Olson — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Post — cosponsor (person)
- Brad Witt — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Boquist — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Duane Stark — cosponsor (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
- Gene Whisnant — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Barreto — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Helfrich — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nearman — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Lewis — 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 Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2018-02-15T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2018-02-19T16:58:00+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20T17:33:45+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2018-02-21T19:10:35+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Noble. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-02-22T17:33:38+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22T21:45:40+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2018-02-27T17:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2018-03-01T16:12:16+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-01T19:08:53+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2018-03-02T01:03:45+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Bentz. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-04T01:52:24+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-05T22:59:31+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-16T17:26:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-26T20:28:16+00:00** Chapter 32, (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/644bf30d-9972-4077-9025-9ee4b9eeb723`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).