---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to evictions; and declaring an emergency."
description: "<i>Prohibits residential and commercial evictions under specified conditions during emergency period.</i>]"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2020S1"
identifier: "HB 4213"
citation: "Oregon HB 4213 (2020S1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tina Kotek"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-06-24T13:55:10+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-07T15:54:58+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a02ccbe7-4110-4cdb-8e73-b9bfb8d6b9aa"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2020S1/Measures/Overview/HB4213"
source_hash: "fa61ab517e5e2ebca4bdcda637a474463d850139a7c859a30068c00a84c0150d"
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 4213 (2020S1) — Relating to evictions; and declaring an emergency.

<i>Prohibits residential and commercial evictions under specified conditions during emergency period.</i>]

## 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/2020S1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4213/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2020S1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4213/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2020S1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4213/A-Engrossed)
4. **J1SS Amendment -14** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2020S1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/18058)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2020S1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4213/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **11–3** (pass) · legislature
- Heard — **11–3** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Fahey. Passed. — **43–14** (pass) · lower
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Burdick. Passed. — **19–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tina Kotek — primary (person)
- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Smith Warner — cosponsor (person)
- Carla Piluso — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Gorsek — cosponsor (person)
- Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
- Ginny Burdick — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
- Karin Power — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Hass — cosponsor (person)
- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Holvey — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Wagner — cosponsor (person)
- Shemia Fagan — cosponsor (person)
- Sheri Schouten — cosponsor (person)
- Tawna Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Tiffiny Mitchell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-24T13:55:10+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-24T15:47:50+00:00** Referred to The First Special Session of 2020. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-24T20:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2020-06-25T17:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2020-06-26T15:10:07+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-26T19:44:42+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2020-06-26T23:14:49+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Fahey. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-26T23:22:22+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-26T23:25:32+00:00** Referred to The First Special Session of 2020. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-27T00:03:43+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-27T00:45:07+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Burdick. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-27T00:04:43+00:00** Rules suspended. Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2020-06-27T00:46:07+00:00** Baertschiger Jr, Burdick, Fagan, Girod, Golden, Hass, Monnes Anderson, Thatcher, Wagner declared potential conflict of interest.
- **2020-06-29T20:41:32+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-06-29T21:39:19+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-06-26T23:15:49+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Smith DB.
- **2020-06-30T20:22:10+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-07T15:54:58+00:00** Chapter 13, (2020 Laws): Effective date June 30, 2020.
- **2020-06-27T00:47:07+00:00** Vote explanations filed by Boquist, Golden.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a02ccbe7-4110-4cdb-8e73-b9bfb8d6b9aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).