---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to court proceeding modifications; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Authorizes court to waive minimum fine in violation proceedings in certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2022R1"
identifier: "HB 4120"
citation: "Oregon HB 4120 (2022R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
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/a8cb1891-51fb-4bea-b3cd-d296e70e7bbd"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Measures/Overview/HB4120"
source_hash: "efbfdb14b9c35196ac5c0e5a0ed8b06be8ac522a136d0aa47fbea78e695c957c"
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 4120 (2022R1) — Relating to court proceeding modifications; and declaring an emergency.

Authorizes court to waive minimum fine in violation proceedings in certain circumstances.

## 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/HB4120/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4120/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **4–3** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Wilde. Passed. — **55–1** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **19–4** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## 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 Judiciary with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01T23:16:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2022-02-08T23:17:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2022-02-11T20:21:17+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass and subsequent referral to Ways and Means be rescinded. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-11T20:21:18+00:00** Subsequent referral to Ways and Means rescinded by order of the Speaker.
- **2022-02-14T19:19:21+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-15T20:53:36+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to February 16, 2022 Calendar.
- **2022-02-16T21:10:35+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Wilde. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-17T21:05:05+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-18T00:56:53+00:00** Referred to Judiciary and Ballot Measure 110 Implementation. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-21T16:46:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2022-02-22T16:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2022-02-24T17:37:25+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. Heard, Thatcher, not concurring. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24T17:39:00+00:00** Minority Report withdrawn.
- **2022-02-24T17:38:25+00:00** Minority Recommendation: Do pass with amendments. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-24T20:40:05+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-26T00:16:45+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-26T00:17:45+00:00** Frederick, excused, granted unanimous consent to vote aye.
- **2022-03-02T00:23:43+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-02T20:49:56+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-23T22:09:35+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-01T19:44:15+00:00** Chapter 68, (2022 Laws): Effective date March 23, 2022.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8cb1891-51fb-4bea-b3cd-d296e70e7bbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).