---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to alarms."
description: "Limits local government regulations on certain nonresidential alarm systems and battery-charged fences."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2022R1"
identifier: "HB 4027"
citation: "Oregon HB 4027 (2022R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kim Wallan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-01T15:39:06+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-03T19:50:15+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2501b655-61a8-4f7d-b682-fc100960c9fd"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Measures/Overview/HB4027"
source_hash: "09480115f0ef477179fa7dbe951e9962fcf59a51ab041143829450accc9ac09f"
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 4027 (2022R1) — Relating to alarms.

Limits local government regulations on certain nonresidential alarm systems and battery-charged fences.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4027/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4027/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Knopp. Passed. — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Wallan. Passed. — **53–1** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kim Wallan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01T15:39:06+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01T17:53:58+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2022-02-08T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2022-02-09T19:42:21+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-10T19:17:33+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-11T19:36:26+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Wallan. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-14T17:20:04+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15T00:18:42+00:00** Referred to Housing and Development. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16T23:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2022-02-21T23:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2022-02-22T16:28:32+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22T18:56:34+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-23T19:29:54+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Knopp. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-23T19:30:54+00:00** Kennemer, excused, granted unanimous consent to vote aye.
- **2022-02-25T20:21:45+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-02-25T22:41:44+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-02T23:03:57+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-03T19:50:15+00:00** Chapter 3, (2022 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2023.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2501b655-61a8-4f7d-b682-fc100960c9fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).