---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to notaries public."
description: "Digest: The Act makes all people who apply to be a notary public take a course before taking the required test. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.6)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2024R1"
identifier: "HB 4020"
citation: "Oregon HB 4020 (2024R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-05T16:09:01+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-28T20:51:09+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29bacefb-12e1-418d-a4d4-1baebdc22328"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/HB4020"
source_hash: "e4f9310def8a86dca856f0a95883048c966c8d7a7f26306a1992225e7a049ab9"
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 4020 (2024R1) — Relating to notaries public.

Digest: The Act makes all people who apply to be a notary public take a course before taking the required test. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.6).

## 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/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4020/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4020/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. — **21–9** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Read third time under Consent Calendar. Passed. — **55–3** (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`
- **2024-02-05T19:10:57+00:00** Referred to Rules with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2024-02-13T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-02-15T20:57:24+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass, rescind subsequent referral to Ways and Means, and be placed on Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15T20:57:25+00:00** Subsequent referral to Ways and Means rescinded by order of the Speaker.
- **2024-02-19T19:30:48+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20T20:18:27+00:00** Read third time under Consent Calendar. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-21T19:04:25+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21T20:32:11+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2024-02-29T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-03-04T21:18:18+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-04T22:13:08+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05T21:55:59+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-06T23:35:25+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07T19:30:22+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-27T21:05:22+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28T20:51:09+00:00** Chapter 27, (2024 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2025.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29bacefb-12e1-418d-a4d4-1baebdc22328`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).