---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to victims; declaring an emergency."
description: "<b>Digest: The Act allows petitions for certain abuse court orders to be filed in the county in which the abuse occurred. The Act also changes an element of a crime related to violating privacy. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.4).</b>"
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2024R1"
identifier: "HB 4146"
citation: "Oregon HB 4146 (2024R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Annessa Hartman", "Courtney Neron", "Hoa Nguyen", "Jason Kropf", "Kathleen Taylor", "Kevin Mannix", "Sara Gelser Blouin", "Thuy Tran"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-05T16:09:01+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-28T20:51:09+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e798e441-a002-4171-98a9-a3710e2ffa5d"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/HB4146"
source_hash: "2d8bed70993793bb83503ce2fed4f265eecfa4c23c2b5859221b8626173d1279"
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 4146 (2024R1) — Relating to victims; declaring an emergency.

<b>Digest: The Act allows petitions for certain abuse court orders to be filed in the county in which the abuse occurred. The Act also changes an element of a crime related to violating privacy. The Act goes into effect when the Governor signs it. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.4).</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/HB4146/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4146/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4146/A-Engrossed)
4. **HJUD Amendment -1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/25953)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4146/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Hartman. Passed. — **54–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Taylor, Gelser Blouin. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Annessa Hartman — primary (person)
- Courtney Neron — primary (person)
- Hoa Nguyen — primary (person)
- Jason Kropf — primary (person)
- Kathleen Taylor — primary (person)
- Kevin Mannix — primary (person)
- Sara Gelser Blouin — primary (person)
- Thuy Tran — primary (person)
- Anna Scharf — cosponsor (person)
- Ben Bowman — cosponsor (person)
- Bobby Levy — cosponsor (person)
- Boomer Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Charlie Conrad — cosponsor (person)
- Court Boice — cosponsor (person)
- Cyrus Javadi — cosponsor (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
- Emerson Levy — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd Prozanski — cosponsor (person)
- Hai Pham — cosponsor (person)
- James Hieb — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
- Jules Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Lieber — cosponsor (person)
- Kayse Jama — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Helm — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Thatcher — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Lucetta Elmer — cosponsor (person)
- Lynn Findley — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Nathanson — cosponsor (person)
- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Ricki Ruiz — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Sen Steiner — cosponsor (person)
- Susan McLain — cosponsor (person)
- Tawna Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Cramer — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Nelson — 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`
- **2024-02-05T19:10:57+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2024-02-15T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-02-16T23:19:46+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-19T19:30:48+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20T20:45:42+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to February 21, 2024 Calendar.
- **2024-02-21T19:28:15+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hartman. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-21T19:47:35+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21T20:32:11+00:00** Referred to Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26T21:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2024-02-27T21:32:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-02-29T17:04:33+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `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.
- **2024-03-04T23:14:30+00:00** Carried over to 03-05 by unanimous consent.
- **2024-03-05T19:05:52+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Taylor, Gelser Blouin. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-06T23:35:25+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-07T19:30:22+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2024-03-27T21:05:22+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28T20:51:09+00:00** Chapter 42, (2024 Laws): Effective date March 27, 2024.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e798e441-a002-4171-98a9-a3710e2ffa5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).