---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to cultural registration plates."
description: "Increases surcharge for cultural registration plate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2020 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 4061"
citation: "Oregon HB 4061 (2020 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Lively"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-27T17:27:27+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-09T18:37:37+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c98ca6b-1a75-4a5a-be72-b06d5485301b"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2020R1/Measures/Overview/HB4061"
source_hash: "2ed7b606d21fef399045c1c42a271479a38d580668e88f0cd701807f24419a73"
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 4061 (2020 Regular Session) — Relating to cultural registration plates.

Increases surcharge for cultural registration plate.

## 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/2020R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4061/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2020R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4061/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Lively. Passed. — **48–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard — **11–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- John Lively — primary (person)
- Bill Hansell — cosponsor (person)
- Brad Witt — cosponsor (person)
- Cheri Helt — cosponsor (person)
- Christine Drazan — cosponsor (person)
- Chuck Thomsen — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Bonham — cosponsor (person)
- David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
- Denyc Boles — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Steiner Hayward — cosponsor (person)
- Lee Beyer — cosponsor (person)
- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Doherty — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Wagner — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Knopp — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-27T17:27:27+00:00** Presession Released to the Public. `filing`
- **2020-02-03T15:10:50+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03T17:30:02+00:00** Referred to Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05T01:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2020-02-12T01:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2020-02-13T00:31:11+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-13T19:12:47+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2020-02-14T20:27:23+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Lively. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-17T17:38:18+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17T21:51:53+00:00** Referred to Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19T17:13:45+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-19T20:11:15+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2020-02-20T20:32:20+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Beyer. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-20T20:33:20+00:00** Vote explanation filed by Boquist.
- **2020-02-21T18:11:43+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-02-21T23:08:51+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-02-27T23:52:21+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-09T18:37:37+00:00** Chapter 1, (2020 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2021.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c98ca6b-1a75-4a5a-be72-b06d5485301b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).