---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to farm machinery and equipment; prescribing an effective date."
description: "Digest: The Act makes all farm machinery tax exempt. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.1)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2024R1"
identifier: "HB 4111"
citation: "Oregon HB 4111 (2024R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["E. Werner Reschke", "Lynn Findley"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
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/2f0e8a22-3a77-4230-afd1-c891ccd1bf75"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/HB4111"
source_hash: "1259a2d51dce227e03810e0a672ce5e6e8227f43e77f260a4ccc100a19803a80"
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 4111 (2024R1) — Relating to farm machinery and equipment; prescribing an effective date.

Digest: The Act makes all farm machinery tax exempt. (Flesch Readability Score: 66.1).

## 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/HB4111/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4111/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4111/A-Engrossed)
4. **HREV Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/26184)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4111/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Findley. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Reschke. Passed. — **53–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- E. Werner Reschke — primary (person)
- Lynn Findley — primary (person)
- Bobby Levy — cosponsor (person)
- Boomer Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Stout — cosponsor (person)
- Cedric Hayden — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Gorsek — cosponsor (person)
- Court Boice — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Diehl — cosponsor (person)
- Emerson Levy — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Smith — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jami Cate — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
- Jules Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Helm — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Ricki Ruiz — cosponsor (person)
- Vikki Breese-Iverson — 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`
- **2024-02-05T19:10:57+00:00** Referred to Revenue. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08T16:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2024-02-20T16:31:00+00:00** Informational Meeting held.
- **2024-02-27T16:31:00+00:00** Informational Meeting held.
- **2024-02-29T16:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-03-01T19:55:43+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-04T19:41:38+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04T23:03:25+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Reschke. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-05T18:36:39+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05T23:26:33+00:00** Referred to Finance and Revenue. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06T16:17:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2024-03-07T16:35:38+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-07T18:48:14+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-08T00:08:07+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Findley. 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 83, (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/2f0e8a22-3a77-4230-afd1-c891ccd1bf75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).