---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to farm use."
description: "</b> </i>] <b>Allows property tax special assessment for land under processing facilities.</b> Clarifies<b>, for purposes of the special assessment,</b> the meaning of \"preparing\" products or by-products raised for human or animal use on a farm unit for purposes of the definition of \"farm use.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2026R1"
identifier: "HB 4130"
citation: "Oregon HB 4130 (2026R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["E. Werner Reschke", "Hai Pham", "Shelly Boshart Davis"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-02T16:50:03+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-13T15:31:38+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81ef972b-c6a5-4b9f-91f3-1b2a75252db2"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/HB4130"
source_hash: "694626e3e48e875a132e75f712c418cc40956daf7fd967bd7a04be9e9b634262"
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 4130 (2026R1) — Relating to farm use.

</b> </i>] <b>Allows property tax special assessment for land under processing facilities.</b> Clarifies<b>, for purposes of the special assessment,</b> the meaning of "preparing" products or by-products raised for human or animal use on a farm unit for purposes of the definition of "farm use."

## 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/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4130/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4130/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4130/A-Engrossed)
4. **HREV Amendment -2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/30754)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4130/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Thatcher. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Boshart Davis, Reschke. Passed. — **57–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- E. Werner Reschke — primary (person)
- Hai Pham — primary (person)
- Shelly Boshart Davis — primary (person)
- Bobby Levy — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Owens — cosponsor (person)
- Susan McLain — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-02-02T16:50:03+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02T17:51:51+00:00** Referred to Revenue. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04T23:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2026-03-02T23:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2026-03-03T18:13:14+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03T22:18:38+00:00** Rules suspended. Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-03T22:24:35+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Boshart Davis, Reschke. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-04T20:18:04+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04T20:33:29+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04T23:32:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2026-03-05T17:24:11+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-05T23:18:28+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06T19:33:23+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Thatcher. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-06T19:34:23+00:00** Neron Misslin, Patterson, Pham, granted unanimous consent to change vote to aye.
- **2026-03-10T19:28:36+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-10T20:49:13+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-04-07T22:30:54+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-13T15:31:38+00:00** Chapter 115, (2026 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2027.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81ef972b-c6a5-4b9f-91f3-1b2a75252db2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).