---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to unlawful employment of minors; prescribing an effective date."
description: "<b>Digest: The Act changes the state law that governs civil penalties imposed against a person who violates child labor laws. The Act goes into effect 91 days after session ends. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.8).</b>"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2024R1"
identifier: "HB 4004"
citation: "Oregon HB 4004 (2024R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-05T16:09:01+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-12T18:10:56+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a53cc7c-b437-4a5a-ae91-d62592e6a60a"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/HB4004"
source_hash: "4087e1f1af8507143adbf9f45ac8218ac1a151330555822218de7b81e96790e3"
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 4004 (2024R1) — Relating to unlawful employment of minors; prescribing an effective date.

<b>Digest: The Act changes the state law that governs civil penalties imposed against a person who violates child labor laws. The Act goes into effect 91 days after session ends. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.8).</b>

## 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.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4004/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4004/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4004/A-Engrossed)
4. **HBL Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/25700)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4004/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Nelson. Passed. — **60–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Bonham. Passed. — **24–6** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05T16:09:01+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05T18:06:35+00:00** Referred to Business and Labor. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05T19:21:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2024-02-12T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-02-13T21:57:29+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-14T19:25:59+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-14T19:48:31+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Nelson. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-15T18:50:32+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15T21:33:50+00:00** Referred to Labor and Business. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2024-02-21T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-02-22T17:15:43+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22T19:18:07+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-26T20:31:48+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Bonham. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-26T20:32:48+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Boquist.
- **2024-02-28T20:23:36+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-01T18:22:14+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07T22:19:39+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-12T18:10:56+00:00** Chapter 1, (2024 Laws): Effective date June 6, 2024.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a53cc7c-b437-4a5a-ae91-d62592e6a60a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).