---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to child care; declaring an emergency."
description: "Digest: The Act would create the CHIPS Child Care Fund. The Act would tell the Oregon Business Development Department to work with the Bureau of Labor and Industries to make a program to help fund child care. The Act would create a work group related to funding child care. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.0)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2024R1"
identifier: "HB 4098"
citation: "Oregon HB 4098 (2024R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hai Pham", "Hoa Nguyen", "Janeen Sollman", "Janelle Bynum", "Jules Walters", "Mark Meek", "Ricki Ruiz"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
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/c14acf8f-5bbe-4e0c-970b-1bbe7ae0d01a"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/HB4098"
source_hash: "30cf628c26ed3c63d8aa22686a3a0b472f1edfc7979d21add125ddfede90fe1a"
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 4098 (2024R1) — Relating to child care; declaring an emergency.

Digest: The Act would create the CHIPS Child Care Fund. The Act would tell the Oregon Business Development Department to work with the Bureau of Labor and Industries to make a program to help fund child care. The Act would create a work group related to funding child care. (Flesch Readability Score: 76.0).

## 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/HB4098/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4098/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4098/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4098/B-Engrossed)
5. **HECDSB Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/25877)
6. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4098/House%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
7. **JWM Amendment -A3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/26218)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4098/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–3** (pass) · lower
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Walters. Passed. — **46–9** (pass) · lower
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed. — **24–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hai Pham — primary (person)
- Hoa Nguyen — primary (person)
- Janeen Sollman — primary (person)
- Janelle Bynum — primary (person)
- Jules Walters — primary (person)
- Mark Meek — primary (person)
- Ricki Ruiz — primary (person)
- Aaron Woods — cosponsor (person)
- Annessa Hartman — cosponsor (person)
- Ben Bowman — cosponsor (person)
- Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Emerson Levy — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Kropf — cosponsor (person)
- John Lively — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
- Kayse Jama — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Helm — cosponsor (person)
- Khanh Pham — cosponsor (person)
- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Sosa — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Holvey — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Gelser Blouin — cosponsor (person)
- Thuy Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Wlnsvey Campos — cosponsor (person)
- Zach Hudson — cosponsor (person)

## 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`
- **2024-02-05T20:01:26+00:00** Referred to Economic Development and Small Business with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06T21:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2024-02-15T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-02-19T16:57:20+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-19T16:57:21+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27T15:40:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Transportation and Economic Development. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29T21:33:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2024-02-29T21:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-03-04T20:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-03-05T21:58:33+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-06T18:57:50+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-06T19:55:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Walters. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-06T21:40:15+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06T21:57:35+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07T19:25:17+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-07T21:46:05+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-08T00:01:05+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-13T21:47:02+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-19T18:45:47+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-04-04T23:03:58+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-10T21:29:11+00:00** Chapter 81, (2024 Laws): Effective date April 4, 2024.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c14acf8f-5bbe-4e0c-970b-1bbe7ae0d01a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).