---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to school buses."
description: "Digest: Authorizes the use of stop arm cameras on school buses to record people who do not stop for bus safety lights. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2024R1"
identifier: "HB 4147"
citation: "Oregon HB 4147 (2024R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Court Boice", "Courtney Neron", "Ricki Ruiz", "Zach Hudson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
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/e171f3e9-5353-420e-aa35-f1441c2cdce1"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/HB4147"
source_hash: "494582bf205a225ba2807c5e2e28a3ac115855443097750b879dedb6a7482a1d"
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 4147 (2024R1) — Relating to school buses.

Digest: Authorizes the use of stop arm cameras on school buses to record people who do not stop for bus safety lights. (Flesch Readability Score: 60.6).

## 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/HB4147/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4147/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4147/A-Engrossed)
4. **HED Amendment -6** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/25893)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4147/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Neron. Passed. — **49–5** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed. — **25–4** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Court Boice — primary (person)
- Courtney Neron — primary (person)
- Ricki Ruiz — primary (person)
- Zach Hudson — primary (person)
- Aaron Woods — cosponsor (person)
- Annessa Hartman — cosponsor (person)
- David Gomberg — cosponsor (person)
- Emerson Levy — cosponsor (person)
- Emily McIntire — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Hoa Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
- Jules Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Helm — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Mannix — cosponsor (person)
- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
- Maxine Dexter — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Dembrow — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Nathanson — cosponsor (person)
- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Andersen — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Nelson — 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 Education. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-12T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2024-02-14T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-02-15T23:06:17+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-16T18:20:13+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-19T20:13:41+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Neron. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-20T19:25:09+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20T21:00:32+00:00** Referred to Education. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2024-02-27T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-02-29T17:04:34+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.
- **2024-03-05T19:11:11+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. 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 43, (2024 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2025.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e171f3e9-5353-420e-aa35-f1441c2cdce1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).