---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to housing; declaring an emergency."
description: "<b>Digest: This Act makes OBDD give money to cities for infrastructure to support housing. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4).</b>"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2024R1"
identifier: "HB 4134"
citation: "Oregon HB 4134 (2024R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Gomberg", "Jeffrey Helfrich", "Lucetta Elmer"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-05T16:09:01+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-18T21:53:20+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e74169b-0e7d-4cd8-b2fd-02943323c664"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/HB4134"
source_hash: "96f216804129e81d67fb17d53ca9e3ecf82adca843ac20d136fba651a582b587"
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 4134 (2024R1) — Relating to housing; declaring an emergency.

<b>Digest: This Act makes OBDD give money to cities for infrastructure to support housing. (Flesch Readability Score: 63.4).</b>

## 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/HB4134/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4134/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4134/A-Engrossed)
4. **B-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4134/B-Engrossed)
5. **HHOUSH Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/25564)
6. **House Amendments to A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4134/House%20Amendments%20to%20A-Engrossed)
7. **JWM Amendment -A5** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/26172)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4134/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Elmer. Passed. — **54–2** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Meek. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Gomberg — primary (person)
- Jeffrey Helfrich — primary (person)
- Lucetta Elmer — primary (person)
- Anna Scharf — cosponsor (person)
- Annessa Hartman — cosponsor (person)
- Ben Bowman — cosponsor (person)
- Bobby Levy — cosponsor (person)
- Boomer Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Boquist — cosponsor (person)
- Charlie Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Court Boice — cosponsor (person)
- Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
- Cyrus Javadi — cosponsor (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Dwayne Yunker — cosponsor (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Diehl — cosponsor (person)
- Emerson Levy — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Hai Pham — cosponsor (person)
- Hoa Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Kropf — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Owens — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Susan McLain — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Knopp — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Andersen — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Cramer — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Vikki Breese-Iverson — 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`
- **2024-02-05T19:10:57+00:00** Referred to Housing and Homelessness 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.
- **2024-02-14T20:34:33+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments, be printed A-Engrossed, and be referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-14T20:34:34+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by prior reference. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-24T15:33:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Transportation and Economic Development. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27T21:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2024-02-27T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-02-29T01:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-03-01T19:55:45+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed B-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-04T19:41:38+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05T21:59:01+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Elmer. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-05T22:58:40+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05T23:05:46+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07T16:35:43+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the B-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-07T18:48:14+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-03-08T00:36:09+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Meek. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-13T21:47:02+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-19T18:45:47+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-04-17T23:30:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-18T21:53:20+00:00** Chapter 103, (2024 Laws): Effective date April 17, 2024.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e74169b-0e7d-4cd8-b2fd-02943323c664`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).