--- type: "Bill" title: "Relating to cannabis; declaring an emergency." description: "Digest: The Act makes new laws about marijuana and hemp and changes some laws about marijuana and hemp. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1)." jurisdiction: "us/states/or" legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly" session: "2024R1" identifier: "HB 4121" citation: "Oregon HB 4121 (2024R1)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: [] version_count: 5 action_count: 22 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/2e3de28b-1598-4f10-ad62-ad285e216451" source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/HB4121" source_hash: "42f50c114021063e8ae49813c43b84dd4642d93974f496236281476739e7ab8b" 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 4121 (2024R1) — Relating to cannabis; declaring an emergency. Digest: The Act makes new laws about marijuana and hemp and changes some laws about marijuana and hemp. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.1). ## 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/HB4121/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced) 2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4121/Introduced) 3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4121/A-Engrossed) 4. **HJUD Amendment -3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/25742) 5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4121/Enrolled) ## Votes - Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. — **20–7** (pass) · upper - Heard and Reported Out — **34–12** (pass) · legislature - Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **10–0** (pass) · lower - Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Wallan. Passed. — **55–1** (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 Judiciary with subsequent referral to Ways and Means. `referral-committee` - **2024-02-06T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held. - **2024-02-13T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held. - **2024-02-15T20:57:29+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-02-15T20:57:30+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. - **2024-03-05T23:03:54+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-03-06T18:57:50+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2` - **2024-03-06T20:07:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Wallan. 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` - **2024-03-07T19:25:19+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-03-07T21:46:05+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2` - **2024-03-08T00:13:25+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Prozanski. Passed. `passage, reading-3` - **2024-03-13T21:47:02+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage` - **2024-03-19T18:45:47+00:00** President signed. `passage` - **2024-03-20T22:37:54+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature` - **2024-03-25T18:00:00+00:00** Chapter 16, (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/2e3de28b-1598-4f10-ad62-ad285e216451`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).