---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to relief payments to low-income households; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Directs Department of Revenue to establish and administer program to provide one-time assistance payments to low-income households to address negative economic impacts of COVID-19 public health emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2022R1"
identifier: "HB 4157"
citation: "Oregon HB 4157 (2022R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-02-15T18:19:24+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-01T19:44:15+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a44b5d5-c55e-400e-8519-7f33fdd31ae2"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Measures/Overview/HB4157"
source_hash: "f15f6a57d7538805847149c25bd8c1a5dfbdedddce41b8c1197294fecce5658e"
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 4157 (2022R1) — Relating to relief payments to low-income households; and declaring an emergency.

Directs Department of Revenue to establish and administer program to provide one-time assistance payments to low-income households to address negative economic impacts of COVID-19 public health emergency.

## 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/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4157/House%20Amendments%20to%20Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4157/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4157/A-Engrossed)
4. **JWM Amendment -3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/22399)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2022R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4157/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **30–14** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. — **23–2** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Valderrama. Passed. — **42–16** (pass) · lower

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-15T18:19:24+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15T20:25:05+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17T21:31:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2022-02-18T18:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2022-02-18T22:00:00+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass and be referred to Ways and Means. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-18T22:00:01+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23T03:06:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On General Government. `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-25T02:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2022-02-24T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2022-02-26T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2022-02-28T19:03:10+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-01T17:24:12+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03T01:28:40+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Valderrama. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-03T21:17:58+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03T21:38:50+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03T23:37:10+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-03T23:56:14+00:00** Rules suspended. Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-04T00:07:40+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Taylor. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-08T19:50:55+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-08T21:36:53+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-03T01:29:40+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Scharf.
- **2022-03-17T22:32:31+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-01T19:44:15+00:00** Chapter 32, (2022 Laws): Effective date March 17, 2022.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a44b5d5-c55e-400e-8519-7f33fdd31ae2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).