---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to HPV Awareness Day; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Designates March 4th of each year as HPV Awareness Day. Declares an emergency, effective on passage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2026R1"
identifier: "HB 4135"
citation: "Oregon HB 4135 (2026R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anna Scharf", "Annessa Hartman", "Ben Bowman", "Bobby Levy", "Emerson Levy", "Hai Pham", "Lisa Reynolds", "Sara Gelser Blouin", "Travis Nelson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-02T16:50:03+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-17T17:50:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c42280df-40ed-4dde-859a-ae253cd07404"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/HB4135"
source_hash: "07c13fa245b38923eb672d63834721d7d855ead7f84a3b40356efe627759e704"
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 4135 (2026R1) — Relating to HPV Awareness Day; and declaring an emergency.

Designates March 4th of each year as HPV Awareness Day. Declares an emergency, effective on passage.

## 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/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4135/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4135/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Reynolds. Passed. — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Hartman. Passed. — **43–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anna Scharf — primary (person)
- Annessa Hartman — primary (person)
- Ben Bowman — primary (person)
- Bobby Levy — primary (person)
- Emerson Levy — primary (person)
- Hai Pham — primary (person)
- Lisa Reynolds — primary (person)
- Sara Gelser Blouin — primary (person)
- Travis Nelson — primary (person)
- Anthony Broadman — cosponsor (person)
- April Dobson — cosponsor (person)
- Court Boice — cosponsor (person)
- Courtney Neron Misslin — cosponsor (person)
- Dacia Grayber — cosponsor (person)
- Deb Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Farrah Chaichi — cosponsor (person)
- Floyd Prozanski — cosponsor (person)
- Fred Girod — cosponsor (person)
- James Manning Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Jules Walters — cosponsor (person)
- Kayse Jama — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Helm — cosponsor (person)
- Khanh Pham — cosponsor (person)
- Lamar Wise — cosponsor (person)
- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Fragala — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Gamba — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Bunch — cosponsor (person)
- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
- Tom Andersen — cosponsor (person)
- Willy Chotzen — 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 Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2026-02-19T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2026-02-20T23:21:31+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-23T20:37:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-25T01:42:20+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to February 26, 2026 Calendar.
- **2026-02-26T19:29:06+00:00** Rules suspended. Carried over to February 27, 2026 Calendar.
- **2026-02-27T20:49:14+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hartman. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-02T19:48:26+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02T20:14:46+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03T16:02:00+00:00** Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- **2026-03-03T17:48:16+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03T19:11:21+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04T19:12:00+00:00** Made a Special Order of Business by voice vote.
- **2026-03-04T20:03:38+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Reynolds. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-04T21:02:02+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-04T21:12:44+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-04T21:53:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-17T17:50:42+00:00** Chapter 4, (2026 Laws): Effective date March 4, 2026.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c42280df-40ed-4dde-859a-ae253cd07404`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).