---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to Indian children."
description: "Declares Oregon policy regarding Indian children. Modifies Oregon child welfare laws regarding Indian children to reconcile with provisions of federal Indian Child Welfare Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2020S1"
identifier: "HB 4214"
citation: "Oregon HB 4214 (2020S1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rick Lewis", "Tawna Sanchez", "Tina Kotek"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-06-25T14:35:50+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-07T15:54:58+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23557164-486c-49bd-a47b-b07cda996379"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2020S1/Measures/Overview/HB4214"
source_hash: "05db3946d2bffee85e7384efe46088592d9aea9d335f46d6ddb4377ccaf070b4"
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 4214 (2020S1) — Relating to Indian children.

Declares Oregon policy regarding Indian children. Modifies Oregon child welfare laws regarding Indian children to reconcile with provisions of federal Indian Child Welfare Act.

## 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/HB4214/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2020S1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4214/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2020S1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4214/A-Engrossed)
4. **J1SS Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2020S1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/18048)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2020S1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4214/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. — **26–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **28–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Rick Lewis — primary (person)
- Tawna Sanchez — primary (person)
- Tina Kotek — primary (person)
- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
- Anna Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Cheri Helt — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Gorsek — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Karin Power — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Prusak — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Sheri Schouten — cosponsor (person)
- Tiffiny Mitchell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-25T14:35:50+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-25T17:05:38+00:00** Referred to The First Special Session of 2020. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-25T17:06:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2020-06-26T17:24:23+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`
- **2020-06-26T23:38:01+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-26T23:46:23+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-26T23:47:29+00:00** Referred to The First Special Session of 2020. `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-27T00:10:18+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-27T01:05:51+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Roblan. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-27T00:11:18+00:00** Rules suspended. Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2020-06-29T20:41:32+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2020-06-30T16:46:33+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2020-06-30T20:22:10+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-07T15:54:58+00:00** Chapter 14, (2020 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2021.
- **2020-06-27T01:06:51+00:00** Vote explanation filed by Boquist.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23557164-486c-49bd-a47b-b07cda996379`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).