---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to student athletes; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Digest: The Act adds protections for payments related to student athletes. The Act declares an emergency. The Act becomes law when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.7)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2024R1"
identifier: "HB 4119"
citation: "Oregon HB 4119 (2024R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hansell", "James Manning Jr.", "Jeffrey Helfrich", "John Lively"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-05T16:09:01+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-25T18:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72a8d77a-acad-46f7-be05-02ad813844fc"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/HB4119"
source_hash: "42c49900ccba3085babacef7158bca52220e384cc7bcade618770cdd8c97cb48"
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 4119 (2024R1) — Relating to student athletes; and declaring an emergency.

Digest: The Act adds protections for payments related to student athletes. The Act declares an emergency. The Act becomes law when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.7).

## 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/HB4119/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4119/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. — **18–12** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Lively. Passed. — **50–4** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Hansell — primary (person)
- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
- Jeffrey Helfrich — primary (person)
- John Lively — primary (person)
- Ben Bowman — cosponsor (person)
- Boomer Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- Emily McIntire — cosponsor (person)
- Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Holvey — cosponsor (person)
- Ricki Ruiz — 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 Higher Education. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2024-02-13T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-02-15T00:23:09+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15T19:38:45+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-15T20:22:35+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Lively. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-15T20:21:35+00:00** Potential conflict(s) of interest declared by Bynum.
- **2024-02-19T19:11:02+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19T21:28:37+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2024-02-27T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-02-29T17:04:27+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-29T20:28:05+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-01T23:05:13+00:00** Carried over to 03-04 by unanimous consent.
- **2024-03-04T23:11:17+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-05T22:10:17+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-06T20:03:59+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-20T22:37:54+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-25T18:00:00+00:00** Chapter 15, (2024 Laws): Effective date March 20, 2024.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72a8d77a-acad-46f7-be05-02ad813844fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).