---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to services for low-income individuals; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Directs Department of Human Services to adopt by rule grant program to provide funding to culturally specific and responsive organizations, tribal governments and under-resourced rural community service organizations to conduct outreach regarding federal earned income tax credits and other tax benefits and to provide tax navigation and preparation services to low-income Oregonians."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2022R1"
identifier: "HB 4117"
citation: "Oregon HB 4117 (2022R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anna Williams", "Chris Gorsek", "Janelle Bynum", "John Lively", "Nancy Nathanson", "Ricki Ruiz", "Wlnsvey Campos"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-01T15:39:06+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-01T19:44:15+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31774d58-0734-473e-8ff5-d36c59008fb1"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Measures/Overview/HB4117"
source_hash: "bb6cb2a4b5c0c83c3ae73b7dd170b5ae99fd1f2c5ee647226ab3e5a614992205"
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 4117 (2022R1) — Relating to services for low-income individuals; and prescribing an effective date.

Directs Department of Human Services to adopt by rule grant program to provide funding to culturally specific and responsive organizations, tribal governments and under-resourced rural community service organizations to conduct outreach regarding federal earned income tax credits and other tax benefits and to provide tax navigation and preparation services to low-income Oregonians.

## 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/HB4117/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4117/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Ruiz. Passed. — **48–10** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **34–8** (pass) · legislature
- Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. — **22–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anna Williams — primary (person)
- Chris Gorsek — primary (person)
- Janelle Bynum — primary (person)
- John Lively — primary (person)
- Nancy Nathanson — primary (person)
- Ricki Ruiz — primary (person)
- Wlnsvey Campos — primary (person)
- Akasha Lawrence Spence — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Kennemer — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Kropf — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
- Kayse Jama — cosponsor (person)
- Khanh Pham — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Sosa — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Teresa Alonso Leon — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Zach Hudson — cosponsor (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 Human Services with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2022-02-08T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2022-02-10T00:52:02+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-10T00:52:03+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-18T23:39:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-21T21:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2022-02-21T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2022-02-24T01:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2022-02-24T17:23:20+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24T20:15:13+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-26T00:39:51+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to February 28, 2022 Calendar.
- **2022-02-28T23:03:52+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Ruiz. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-28T23:29:38+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01T01:20:39+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01T19:23:39+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02T01:09:41+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03T00:51:43+00:00** Carried over to 03-03 by unanimous consent.
- **2022-03-03T21:46:18+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-04T22:49:10+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-08T20:06:47+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-23T22:09:35+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-01T19:44:15+00:00** Chapter 67, (2022 Laws): Effective date June 3, 2022.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31774d58-0734-473e-8ff5-d36c59008fb1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).