---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to use of campaign contributions; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Provides that amounts received as contributions by a candidate, principal campaign committee of a candidate and principal campaign committee of a holder of public office may be used for specified security-related expenses. Provides that a candidate or holder of public office may convert to personal use specified items obtained as security-related expenses after the candidate or holder of public office is no longer a candidate or holder of public office. Provides that the conversion to personal use of specified security-related expenses is not a gift for the purposes of government ethics laws. Declares an emergency, effective on passage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2026R1"
identifier: "HB 4017"
citation: "Oregon HB 4017 (2026R1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
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/21862048-aedf-44ae-ac2c-f769aa13a5c0"
source_url: "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/HB4017"
source_hash: "ca1676ff08dede15feaada9e0c7c530662ecb18e48e74c32f17ad161937fe0fd"
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 4017 (2026R1) — Relating to use of campaign contributions; and declaring an emergency.

Provides that amounts received as contributions by a candidate, principal campaign committee of a candidate and principal campaign committee of a holder of public office may be used for specified security-related expenses. Provides that a candidate or holder of public office may convert to personal use specified items obtained as security-related expenses after the candidate or holder of public office is no longer a candidate or holder of public office. Provides that the conversion to personal use of specified security-related expenses is not a gift for the purposes of government ethics laws. 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/HB4017/Introduced)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4017/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Third reading. Carried by Bowman. Passed. — **48–3** (pass) · lower
- Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- Heard and Reported Out — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## 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`
- **2026-02-05T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2026-02-12T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2026-02-13T22:24:19+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-16T19:37:59+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17T22:34:45+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Bowman. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-19T22:10:27+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19T23:17:20+00:00** Referred to Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25T16:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2026-02-26T21:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2026-02-27T19:35:49+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-27T20:49:42+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-02T21:42:20+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-04T17:42:52+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-05T16:38:22+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-04-07T22:30:54+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-13T15:31:38+00:00** Chapter 103, (2026 Laws): Effective date April 7, 2026.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21862048-aedf-44ae-ac2c-f769aa13a5c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).