---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to sexual conduct involving a student; and prescribing an effective date."
description: "Digest: Makes change for how long a person is considered a student for an act to be sexual conduct. Changes law on July 1, 2024. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.7)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2024R1"
identifier: "HB 4160"
citation: "Oregon HB 4160 (2024R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Courtney Neron", "Kevin Mannix", "Michael Dembrow", "Sara Gelser Blouin"]
version_count: 2
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/73718098-203a-43ea-9358-5afd9e89d1be"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/HB4160"
source_hash: "d9847b41d24c2941a2465a095bb9d3cc7e2215eec348dd461798ca93e190d93f"
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 4160 (2024R1) — Relating to sexual conduct involving a student; and prescribing an effective date.

Digest: Makes change for how long a person is considered a student for an act to be sexual conduct. Changes law on July 1, 2024. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.7).

## 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/HB4160/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4160/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Third reading. Carried by Gelser Blouin. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Mannix. Passed. — **58–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Courtney Neron — primary (person)
- Kevin Mannix — primary (person)
- Michael Dembrow — primary (person)
- Sara Gelser Blouin — primary (person)
- Annessa Hartman — cosponsor (person)
- Ben Bowman — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Hansell — cosponsor (person)
- Bobby Levy — cosponsor (person)
- Boomer Wright — cosponsor (person)
- Christine Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
- Court Boice — cosponsor (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- David Brock Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- E. Werner Reschke — cosponsor (person)
- Ed Diehl — cosponsor (person)
- Emerson Levy — cosponsor (person)
- Emily McIntire — cosponsor (person)
- James Hieb — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Helfrich — cosponsor (person)
- Jules Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Kayse Jama — cosponsor (person)
- Khanh Pham — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Thatcher — cosponsor (person)
- Kim Wallan — cosponsor (person)
- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Owens — cosponsor (person)
- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- Ricki Ruiz — cosponsor (person)
- Sen Steiner — cosponsor (person)
- Suzanne Weber — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Knopp — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Andersen — cosponsor (person)
- Tracy Cramer — cosponsor (person)
- Travis Nelson — 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`
- **2024-02-08T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2024-02-15T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2024-02-15T23:06:18+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-16T18:20:13+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2024-02-19T20:05:07+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to February 20, 2024 Calendar.
- **2024-02-20T20:25:02+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Mannix. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-21T19:04:25+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-21T20:32:11+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.
- **2024-02-29T17:04:35+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.
- **2024-03-04T23:14:30+00:00** Carried over to 03-05 by unanimous consent.
- **2024-03-05T19:14:12+00:00** Third reading. Carried by 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 45, (2024 Laws): Effective date July 1, 2024.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73718098-203a-43ea-9358-5afd9e89d1be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).