---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to wildfires; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Requires <i>Office of Emergency Management</i>]<b> State Fire Marshal</b> to issue grants to sheriffs' offices of Multnomah County and Hood River County for expenses related to wildfire recovery, mitigation and preparedness."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 4152"
citation: "Oregon HB 4152 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Thomsen", "Jeffrey Helfrich"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-22T18:07:03+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-18T22:54:45+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d5c8c30-4fb3-4821-a5db-47625943245b"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Measures/Overview/HB4152"
source_hash: "fffdb852bc59496c84731811b32f6a4a5b69f94cc060eba85cedc3f69e0d8e44"
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 4152 (2018 Regular Session) — Relating to wildfires; and declaring an emergency.

Requires <i>Office of Emergency Management</i>]<b> State Fire Marshal</b> to issue grants to sheriffs' offices of Multnomah County and Hood River County for expenses related to wildfire recovery, mitigation and preparedness.

## 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/HB4152/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4152/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4152/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4152/B-Engrossed)
5. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4152/House Amendments to A-Engrossed)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2018R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4152/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Thomsen. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **44–0** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Helfrich. Passed. — **59–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Chuck Thomsen — primary (person)
- Jeffrey Helfrich — primary (person)
- Daniel Bonham — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Knute Buehler — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nearman — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Lewis — 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 with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2018-02-15T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2018-02-17T00:31:53+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-17T00:31:54+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27T02:06:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Capital Construction. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28T23:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2018-02-28T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2018-03-02T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2018-03-03T03:29:53+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-03T16:26:30+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2018-03-03T18:22:51+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Helfrich. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-03T18:37:55+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-03T18:38:10+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-03T22:38:23+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-03T22:50:57+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2018-03-03T23:32:37+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Thomsen. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2018-03-07T00:24:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2018-03-08T18:22:19+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2018-04-10T21:44:40+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-18T22:54:45+00:00** Chapter 97, (2018 Laws): Effective date April 10, 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d5c8c30-4fb3-4821-a5db-47625943245b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).