---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to unemployment insurance taxes; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Digest: The Act allows more employment taxes to be used by the Employment Department. The Act takes effect on the 91st day after session ends. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.7)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2024R1"
identifier: "HB 4035"
citation: "Oregon HB 4035 (2024R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-05T16:09:01+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-10T21:29:11+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbf62351-3045-49e5-922a-1d95382d67ed"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/HB4035"
source_hash: "0ad799a8c955d18d51c32dc247b017ad3af4eb5fc75c3c46d35d4973eaf5fdd1"
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 4035 (2024R1) — Relating to unemployment insurance taxes; and prescribing an effective date.

Digest: The Act allows more employment taxes to be used by the Employment Department. The Act takes effect on the 91st day after session ends. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.7).

## 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/HB4035/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4035/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Boquist. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Reschke. Passed. — **54–1** (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 Revenue. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06T16:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2024-02-14T16:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-02-15T01:29:43+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15T19:38:45+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-16T18:39:59+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to February 19, 2024 Calendar.
- **2024-02-19T19:34:10+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Reschke. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-20T19:25:09+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20T21:00:32+00:00** Referred to Finance and Revenue. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing Cancelled.
- **2024-03-04T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2024-03-05T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-03-06T17:39:51+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-06T19:01:51+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-06T22:04:47+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Boquist. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-07T21:16:50+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-08T00:02:53+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-04-04T23:03:58+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-10T21:29:11+00:00** Chapter 76, (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/cbf62351-3045-49e5-922a-1d95382d67ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).